Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 166,858 people in the Parramatta local government area, of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Parramatta was 33 years; notably below the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the City of Parramatta between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 3.62% and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 12.50%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Parramatta local government area was significantly higher than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Parramatta was on with par with the national average.
At the 2011 Census, the Parramatta local government area was linguistically diverse, with a significantly higher than average proportion (52.5%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly lower proportion (43.4%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%). The proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Islam and Hinduism was in excess of four times and six times the national average respectively.
| Selected historical census data for Parramatta local government area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 143,143 | 148,323 | 166,858 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | |||||
| % of New South Wales population | 2.41% | ||||
| % of Australian population | 0.76% | 0.75% | 0.78% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
Australian | 15.3% | |||
| English | 14.1% | ||||
| Chinese | 11.0% | ||||
| Lebanese | 8.0% | ||||
| Indian | 7.7% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Arabic | 10.1% | 10.7% | 10.3% | |
| Mandarin | 3.0% | 4.7% | 5.9% | ||
| Cantonese | 4.6% | 5.0% | 5.0% | ||
| Korean | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.7% | ||
| Hindi | n/c | 2.0% | 2.6% | ||
| Religious affiliation | |||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
Catholic | 31.1% | 29.2% | 26.4% | |
| No religion | 10.7% | 12.8% | 15.0% | ||
| Anglican | 15.8% | 12.9% | 10.3% | ||
| Islam | 7.0% | 8.2% | 9.7% | ||
| Hinduism | n/c | 5.3% | 8.8% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$443 | A$544 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 95.1% | 94.3% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,043 | A$1,451 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 101.6% | 98.0% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,172 | A$1,288 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 100.0% | 104.4% | |||
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