Tagalog
809 speakers
Tagalog is spoken by 809 of our residents at home, 2.2% of Palmerston.
We are Palmerston
17 per cent.
About 17 in every 100 Palmerston residents speak a language other than English at home, across 117 languages.
- Our population
- 36,701
- Speak another language
- 6,110
- Languages at home
- 117
- Growth since last census
- +33.4%
6,110 of us — 16.6% — speak a language other than English at home, most often Tagalog, Filipino and Greek. A share this size is easy to design around by accident, which is precisely how it gets designed out.
In Northern Territory
#15
of 18 Northern Territory councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #122 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Filipino
619 speakers
Filipino is spoken by 619 of our residents at home, 1.7% of Palmerston.
Greek
370 speakers
Greek is spoken by 370 of our residents at home, 1.0% of Palmerston.
The languages of Palmerston
117 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.
Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Every language, in order
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.
- 01809+13.1%
- 02619+38.5%
- 03370+38.1%
- 04285+40.4%
- 05257+57.7%
- 06246+120%
- 07235+46.9%
- 08223+130%
- 09198+0.5%
- 10155+27.0%
Fastest-growing among us
Mandarin
+57.7% since last census
We share this portrait because a council below the Northern Territory average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 6,110 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Mandarin grew 57.7% since the last census, to 257 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
20.3% of us were born overseas, across 97 countries.
- 01Philippines1,715+23.9%
- 02England821-3.1%
- 03India720+37.4%
- 04New Zealand672-19.3%
- 05Indonesia245+50.3%
- 06Nepal229+122%
- 07Vietnam220+91.3%
- 08Zimbabwe201+68.9%
- 09Thailand192+9.7%
- 10South Africa1810%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Palmerston at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs16,732+38.4%
- 02Christianity13,971-11.6%
- 03Hinduism830+43.8%
- 04Buddhism742+9.0%
- 05Islam507+19.9%
- 06Judaism12+300%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 17 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- ZuccoliTop language — Tagalog30%1,205
- Palmerston CityTop language — Mandarin28%53
- JohnstonTop language — Tagalog22%508
- DriverTop language — Nepali17%467
- BellamackTop language — Filipino17%403
- BakewellTop language — Tagalog17%510
- Durack (NT)Top language — Tagalog17%608
- Gray (NT)Top language — Filipino16%498
- Rosebery (NT)Top language — Urdu15%615
- FarrarTop language — Nepali14%224
- GunnTop language — Tagalog13%318
- WoodroffeTop language — Tagalog11%351
- MouldenTop language — Tagalog11%324
- Marlow LagoonTop language — Khmer4%26
- Yarrawonga (NT)0%0
- Pinelands (NT)0%0
- Archer0%0
- 17 suburbs in Palmerston. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Palmerston shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
In context
- Palmerston
- 16.6%
- Northern Territory
- 32.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
16.6% of Palmerston residents speak a language other than English at home, against 32.1% for Northern Territory and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted. 16.6% is 6,110 residents as a share of all 36,701 of us. A further 3,568 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 26.4%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 18.4%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Palmerston, it is almost certainly one of those two.
Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Palmerston figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Palmerston.