Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 39,356 people in the Botany Bay local government area, of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Botany Bay was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the City of Botany Bay between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 5.18%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 5.19%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Botany Bay local government area was lower than the national average.
| Selected historical census data for the City of Botany Bay local government area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 35,572 | 37,415 | 39,356 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 61 | ||||
| % of New South Wales population | 0.5% | 0.57% | |||
| % of Australian population | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
Australian | 16.7% | |||
| English | 14.5% | ||||
| Chinese | 8.0% | ||||
| Irish | 5.8% | ||||
| Greek | 5.6% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Greek | 7.4% | 6.5% | 5.8% | |
| Bengali | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.6% | ||
| Indonesian | n/c | n/c | 3.2% | ||
| Spanish | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3.2% | ||
| Mandarin | n/c | n/c | 3.0% | ||
| Religious affiliation | |||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
Catholic | 35.0% | 34.2% | 32.9% | |
| No religion | 7.5% | 10.1% | 13.0% | ||
| Anglican | 13.2% | 12.2% | 10.8% | ||
| Eastern Orthodox | 10.9% | 10.2% | 9.5% | ||
| Islam | 8.3% | 7.8% | 8.1% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$453 | A$575 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 97.2% | 99.7% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$995 | A$1,488 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 96.9% | 100.5% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,166 | A$1,245 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 99.6% | 100.9% | |||
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