Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 62,353 people in the Hawkesbury local government area, of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population which on par with the national average. The median age of people in the City of Hawkesbury was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.
Population in the City of Hawkesbury between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census decreased by 0.54%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 2.96%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Hawkesbury local government area was significantly lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Hawkesbury was marginally higher than the national average.
At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Hawkesbury local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon approached 76% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 64.8% of all residents in the City of Hawkesbury 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 Hawkesbury local government area had a lower than average proportion (8.1%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (90.4%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).
| Selected historical census data for Hawkesbury local government area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 60,887 | 60,561 | 62,353 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 34 | ||||
| % of New South Wales population | 0.90% | ||||
| % of Australian population | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.29% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
Australian | 32.6% | |||
| English | 29.5% | ||||
| Irish | 7.6% | ||||
| Scottish | 6.3% | ||||
| Maltese | 3.1% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Maltese | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | |
| Italian | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | ||
| Macedonian | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | ||
| German | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | ||
| Arabic | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | ||
| Religious affiliation | |||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
Anglican | 30.9% | 29.9% | 29.4% | |
| Catholic | 26.6% | 27.3% | 28.2% | ||
| No Religion | 12.2% | 14.8% | 16.7% | ||
| Uniting Church | 5.7% | 5.0% | 4.4% | ||
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 3.0% | 5.7% | 2.8% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$527 | A$622 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 113.1% | 107.8% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,146 | A$1,598 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 111.6% | 107.9% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,290 | A$1,385 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 110.2% | 112.2% | |||
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