Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 137,454 people in the Canterbury local government area, with an equal proportion of male and female residents. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Canterbury was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the City of Canterbury between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 0.02%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 5.76%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Canterbury local government area was approximately half the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Canterbury is significantly lower than the national average.
| Selected historical census data for Canterbury local government area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 129,935 | 129,963 | 137,454 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | |||||
| % of New South Wales population | 1.99% | ||||
| % of Australian population | 0.69% | 0.65% | 0.64% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
Chinese | 11.6% | |||
| Australian | 9.7% | ||||
| Lebanese | 9.5% | ||||
| Greek | 9.5% | ||||
| English | 8.9% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Arabic | 12.2% | 10.1% | 13.2% | |
| Greek | 11.1% | 10.4% | 9.8% | ||
| Mandarin | 1.7% | 2.7% | 5.6% | ||
| Cantonese | 2.7% | 3.3% | 5.5% | ||
| Vietnamese | n/c | 2.2% | 3.8% | ||
| Religious affiliation | |||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
Catholic | 43.4% | 41.7% | 25.6% | |
| Islam | 5.1% | 5.1% | 16.6% | ||
| Eastern Orthodox | 15.8% | 13.4% | 13.6% | ||
| No religion | 11.1% | 13.4% | 12.5% | ||
| Buddhism | n/c | n/c | 6.1% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$366 | A$430 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 78.5% | 74.5% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$839 | A$1,149 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 81.7% | 77.6% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,007 | A$1,029 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 86.0% | 83.4% | |||
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