Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 67,356 people in the Willoughby local government area, of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Willoughby was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the City of Willoughby between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 9.06%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 5.90%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Willoughby local government area was generally on par with the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Willoughby was higher than the national average.
At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in Willoughby local government area who stated their ancestry as Chinese was in excess of four times the state and national averages; and the proportion of households where an Asian language was spoken at home was approximately seven times higher than the national average.
| Selected historical census data for Willoughby local government area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 58,319 | 63,605 | 67,356 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 19 | ||||
| % of New South Wales population | 0.97% | ||||
| % of Australian population | 0.31% | 0.32% | 0.31% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
English | 20.5% | |||
| Australian | 18.3% | ||||
| Chinese | 14.5% | ||||
| Irish | 7.4% | ||||
| Scottish | 5.6% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Cantonese | 6.7% | 7.6% | 7.5% | |
| Mandarin | 3.6% | 5.5% | 7.2% | ||
| Korean | 1.7% | 2.7% | 3.6% | ||
| Japanese | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.3% | ||
| Armenian | n/c | 1.4% | 1.3% | ||
| Religious affiliation | |||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
No religion | 18.6% | 22.0% | 27.6% | |
| Catholic | 26.1% | 25.5% | 25.0% | ||
| Anglican | 19.5% | 17.6% | 15.6% | ||
| Buddhism | 3.7% | 4.4% | 4.6% | ||
| Presbyterian and Reformed | n/c | n/c | 3.1% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$728 | A$858 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 156.2% | 148.7% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,667 | A$2,479 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 162.3% | 167.4% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$2,066 | A$1,996 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 176.4% | 161.8% | |||
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