Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 73,738 people in the Auburn local government area, of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population. The median age of people in the Auburn City area was 31 years, which is significantly lower than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the Auburn City area between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 16.31%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 13.51%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Auburn local government area was double the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Auburn City area was lower than the national average, being one of the factors that place the City in an area of social disadvantage.
At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Auburn local government area who stated their ancestry as Chinese, or as Lebanese, was in excess of six times the national average. The proportion of residents who stated an affiliation with Islam was in excess of eleven times the national average. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, the area was linguistically diverse, with Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Turkish, and Korean languages spoken in households, and ranged from five times to 22 times the national averages.
| Selected historical census data for Auburn local government area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 55,851 | 64,959 | 73,738 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | |||||
| % of New South Wales population | 1.07% | ||||
| % of Australian population | 0.30% | 0.33% | 0.34% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
Chinese | 20.1% | |||
| Australian | 7.5% | ||||
| English | 7.0% | ||||
| Lebanese | 6.3% | ||||
| Turkish | 5.9% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Arabic | 13.6% | 12.5% | 10.7% | |
| Cantonese | 11.3% | 10.6% | 9.9% | ||
| Mandarin | 4.8% | 7.0% | 9.2% | ||
| Turkish | 7.5% | 7.2% | 6.7% | ||
| Korean | n/c | 3.2% | 5.0% | ||
| Religious affiliation | |||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
Islam | 23.4% | 24.8% | 25.5% | |
| No Religion | 9.7% | 11.7% | 14.5% | ||
| Catholic | 22.7% | 19.7% | 18.3% | ||
| Buddhism | 9.9% | 9.2% | 9.1% | ||
| Hinduism | n/c | n/c | 5.1% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$343 | A$420 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 73.6% | 72.8% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$906 | A$1,161 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 88.2% | 78.4% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$991 | A$1,160 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 84.6% | 94.0% | |||
Read more about this topic: Auburn Council