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Palmerston

0 residential parcels covering 10.8 km².

Highly restricted land

≈94% of Palmerston’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Palmerston ranks #1 of 2 councils in Darwin, and #30 of 133 capital city councils nationally.

Highly restricted residential
Not highly restricted residential

Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Palmerston. ABS LGA code 72800. Methodology →

Note: Figures and the map cover only the parts of this area inside the capital’s Significant Urban Area; land beyond the SUA boundary is excluded from our modelling.

Where Palmerston ranks in Darwin

Palmerston ranks #1 of 2 Darwin-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Palmerston: ≈94% · rank #1 of 2

0% (least restrictive)(most restrictive) 100%

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Palmerston≈94%
  2. 2. Darwin≈87%

Low-density

  1. 1. Palmerston≈76%
  2. 2. Darwin≈73%

Heritage

  1. 1. Darwin≈0%
  2. 2. Palmerston≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Palmerston≈94%
  2. 2. Darwin≈87%

Source: Palmerston ranked against other Darwin-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →

Suburbs in Palmerston

11 suburbs sit inside this council.

ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Palmerston.

  1. Bellamack≈100%
  2. Durack (NT)≈98%
  3. Zuccoli≈98%
  4. Rosebery (NT)≈97%
  5. Woodroffe≈96%
  6. Bakewell≈96%
  7. Moulden≈95%
  8. Gunn≈95%
  9. Gray (NT)≈95%
  10. Driver≈92%
  11. Johnston≈87%
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Darwin context

Palmerston ranks #1 of 2 councils in Darwin for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Palmerston ≈94%
  2. Darwin ≈87%
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