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COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN / Community Pro le and Popula on Trends
COMMUNITY PROFILE
& POPULATION TRENDS
Palmerston is the fastest growing centre in the Northern Territory and one of the fastest growing ci es in Australia, with its popula on rising from approximately 19,000 to 34,000 from 1999 to 2014 . According to the Australian Bureau of Sta s cs the popula on of Palmerston and is an cipated to grow by at least a further 20 per cent to 42,000 residents by 20212.
2 ABS - 3222.7 - POPULATION PROJECTIONS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, 1999 TO 2021
THE PALMERSTON MUNICIPALITY IS SHOWN IN MAP 1 LEFT.
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The suburbs of Palmerston are shown on Map 2 below. Historically, the growth of Palmerston began with the rst suburbs developed being Driver and Gray, with Moulden and Woodro e soon to follow. Marlow Lagoon, Durack, Bakewell, Gunn and Rosebery soon followed and the subdivision of Bellamack has also now completed.
The suburbs of Farrar and Johnston are also now in the nal stages of ini al development, while the suburb of Zuccoli is on track to ul mately house the highest number of residents as development progresses over the next 5 years. The suburb of Mitchell remains the only undeveloped suburb in the Palmerston municipality.