Palmerston - South
Northern Territory · Palmerston · Darwin
Why “Palmerston - South”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Palmerston into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Palmerston - South is a locality in the Palmerston area of Northern Territory. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Palmerston - South SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Palmerston - South SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Palmerston - South
Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for NT yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.
Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Palmerston - South
- Secondary · Catholic · Years 7-12Enrolment795ICSEA1001
- Primary · Government · Years T-6Enrolment537ICSEA989
- Primary · Catholic · Years T-6Enrolment379ICSEA1027
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NT schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSJourney Early Learning Centre - DurackCentre-Based Care · 111 places · Durack
- Exceeding NQSJourney Early Learning Centre Durack HeightsCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Durack
- Exceeding NQSGray Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 48 places · Gray
- Meeting NQSZuccoli Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 208 places · Zuccoli
- Meeting NQSMother Teresa Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 180 places · Zuccoli
- Meeting NQSZuccoli Early Learners Early Education CentreCentre-Based Care · 160 places · Zuccoli
- Meeting NQSMilestones Early Learning PalmerstonCentre-Based Care · 151 places · Bakewell
- Meeting NQSZuccoli Village Early LearnersCentre-Based Care · 140 places · Zuccoli
- Meeting NQSTerritory Kids Early Learning - GunnCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Gunn
- Meeting NQSRosebery Primary School OSHC-YMCA NTCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Rosebery
- Meeting NQSSacred Heart Catholic School Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Woodroffe
- Meeting NQSDurack School Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 110 places · Durack
+ 31 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 0
- Supermarkets
- 0
- Parks
- 18
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Palmerston - South SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+344Reading the streams: organic growth — more babies than goodbyes — was the biggest driver.
Other SA2s in Palmerston
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
- 01Durack - Marlow Lagoon+1.3%5,073 ppl
- 02Woodroffe+1.2%3,538 ppl
- 03Palmerston - North+1.1%4,949 ppl
- 04Driver+1.0%2,989 ppl
- 05Rosebery - Bellamack+1.0%7,223 ppl
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