Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 169,505 people in the Sydney local government area, of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Sydney was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 25.5% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the City of Sydney between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 3.31%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 4.57%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Sydney local government area was a little over half the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Sydney was more than 1.5 times the national average.
The proportion of dwellings in the City of Sydney that are apartments or units is 73.6%, which is substantially different to the Australian average of 13.6%. The proportion of residents in the Sydney local government area that claimed Australian ancestry was approximately half the national average.
| Selected historical census data for Sydney local government area | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 1996 a | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 87,874 | 124,512 | 156,571 | 169,505 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | ||||||
| % of New South Wales population | 0.92% | |||||
| % of Australian population | 0.49% | 0.66% | 0.79% | 0.79% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
English | 19.3% | ||||
| Australian | 13.9% | |||||
| Chinese | 9.7% | |||||
| Irish | 8.5% | |||||
| Scottish | 5.8% | |||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Mandarin | 3.7% | 5.1% | |||
| Cantonese | 3.3% | 3.2% | ||||
| Thai | n/c | 2.1% | ||||
| Indonesian | 1.7% | 1.9% | ||||
| Korean | 1.6% | 1.6% | ||||
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
No religion | 26.7% | 21.9% | 23.7% | 33.6% | |
| Catholic | 23.6% | 20.9% | 18.3% | 19.0% | ||
| Anglican | 14.7% | 12.2% | 10.0% | 9.0% | ||
| Buddhism | 2.9% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 6.5% | ||
| Eastern Orthodox | 3.9% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 2.6% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | ||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$717 | A$888 | |||
| % of Australian median income | 153.9% | 153.9% | ||||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,204 | A$2,273 | |||
| % of Australian median income | 117.2% | 153.5% | ||||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,819 | A$1,639 | |||
| % of Australian median income | 105.9% | 132.8% | ||||
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