City of Palmerston

This article is about a local government area and authority. For the city, see Palmerston, Northern Territory.

The City of Palmerston is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 52.7 square kilometres (20.3 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 37,862.^[1]

City of Palmerston Northern Territory
Location within Darwin metropolitan area
Population	37,862 (2018)[1]
• Density	718.4/km2 (1,860.8/sq mi)
Established	1981
Area	52.7 km2 (20.3 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Athina Pascoe-Bell[2]
Council seat	Palmerston City
Region	Outer Darwin
Territory electorate(s)	Blain, Brennan, Drysdale, Spillett
Federal division(s)	Solomon Lingiari
Website	City of Palmerston
LGAs around City of Palmerston: Northern Territory Rates Act Area Litchfield Litchfield Unincorporated (Elrundie) City of Palmerston Litchfield Litchfield Litchfield Litchfield
Footnotes	Adjoining LGAs[3]

The Palmerston City Council consists of the Mayor and seven aldermen. The city is not divided into wards, thus each alderman represents constituents from the entire city. Council elections are held in August every four years. The next election is in 2025.

History

The City of Palmerston was incorporated in 1981 under the Local Government Act (NT), and in 2000 was proclaimed the Northern Territory's second city.

Election results

2021

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Northern Territory local elections § Palmerston results.[edit]

2021 Northern Territory local elections: Palmerston^[4]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independents	10,972	78.8	–	5
	Independent Labor	2,286	16.4		1
	Independent CLP	666	4.8		1
Total			13,924	100.0	–	7
Informal votes	1,324	8.7
Turnout	15,248	64.7
Enrolled voters	23,559		+10.8

2018

2018 Palmerston City Council election: Councillors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Damian Hale (elected)	2,047	17.2
	Independent	Athina Pascoe-Bell	1,827	15.4
	Independent	Lucy Buhr (elected)	1,354	11.4
	Independent	Tom Lewis (elected)	945	7.9
	Independent	Sarah Henderson (elected)	899	7.6
	Independent	Mick Spick (elected)	721	6.1
	Independent	Ian Abbott	574	4.8
	Independent	Adrian Burkenhagen	545	4.6
	Independent	Raj Samson Rajwin	509	4.3
	Independent	Trevor Jenkins	479	4.0
	Independent	Matt Stripling	464	3.9
	Independent	Benjamin Giesecke (elected)	341	2.9
	Independent	Margy Kerle	310	2.6
	Independent	Amber Garden (elected)	295	2.5
	Independent	Martin Blakemore	273	2.3
	Independent	Jeff Stewart	160	1.3
	Independent	Anita Newman	152	1.3
Total formal votes			11,895	87.0
Informal votes			1,776	13.0
Turnout			13,671	64.3

Suburbs

Suburbs of the inner city and of the outskirts, with post codes in parentheses:

Suburbs Map	Inner City	Outskirts
	Bakewell (0832) Bellamack (0832) Durack (0830) Driver (0830) Farrar (0830) Gray (0830) Gunn (0832) Moulden (0830) Palmerston City (0830) Rosebery (0832) Woodroffe (0830) Yarrawonga (0830)	Archer (0830) Johnston (0830) Marlow Lagoon (0830) Mitchell (0832) Pinelands (0829) Zuccoli (0830)

Sister cities

• Kupang, West Timor

Looking over the suburb of Farrar

Communications between the City of Palmerston and Kupang ceased in 2009 and a letter from previous Mayor, Robert Macleod was sent to the Mayor of Kupang advising him that Council had decided not to enter into a new agreement with the City of Kupang.^[5]