Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 149,746 people in the Wyong Shire local government area, of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population which is higher than the national average. The median age of people in the Wyong Shire was 40 years; significantly higher than the national median age of 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population; 34% higher than the national average in this age bracket. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the Wyong Shire between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 7.10%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 7.11%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Wyong Shire local government area was on par with the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Wyong Shire was significantly lower than the national average.
At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Wyong Shire local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon approached 81% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 65.0% of all residents in the Wyong Shire nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 Census, which was significantly above the national average of 50.2%. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Wyong Shire local government area had a lower than average proportion (6.0%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (91.8%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).
| Selected historical census data for Wyong Shire local government area | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 100,643 | 115,999 | 130,536 | 139,801 | 149,746 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 16 | ||||||
| % of New South Wales population | 1.76% | 1.92% | 2.05% | 2.16% | |||
| % of Australian population | 0.60% | 0.65% | 0.70% | 0.70% | 0.70% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
Australian | 33.6% | |||||
| English | 31.5% | ||||||
| Irish | 8.4% | ||||||
| Scottish | 7.0% | ||||||
| German | 2.3% | ||||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Italian | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
| Spanish | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | ||||
| Greek | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ||||
| German | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ||||
| Cantonese | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ||||
| Religious affiliation | |||||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
Anglican | 34.7% | 32.0% | 30.4% | |||
| Catholic | 27.0% | 27.4% | 27.5% | ||||
| No Religion | 11.6% | 14.5% | 17.8% | ||||
| Uniting Church | 5.2% | 4.4% | 3.9% | ||||
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.2% | ||||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$381 | A$469 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 81.8% | 81.3% | |||||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$770 | A$1,171 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 75.0% | 79.1% | |||||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,013 | A$934 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 86.5% | 75.7% | |||||
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