Kyogle Council - Demographics

Demographics

In the 2006 Census of Population and Housing there were 9,256 usual residents living in the Kyogle local government area. Of this, 4,660 (or 50.3%) were male and 4,596 (or 49.7%) were female.

By age, 21.8% of the population was aged between 0 and 14 years, 62.9% were between 15 and 65, and 15.3% were aged 65 years and older. The median age of persons residing within the Kyogle LGA was 42 years, which is 5 years older than the median age of Australian's generally.

The majority of persons living in the Kyogle area (92.8%) are Australian Citizens. 86.4% of residents were born in Australia, followed by England (2.8%), New Zealand (1.4%), Germany (0.8%), United States of America (0.4%) and Scotland (0.3%).

The largest group by religious affiliation is Anglican (23.4%), followed by Roman Catholic (20.7%), No Religion (18.4%), Uniting Church (9.3%) and Presbyterian (or Reformed) (6.1%).

49.3% of the population of the Kyogle local government area were married at the time of the 2006 Census, 29.2% were never married, 14.7% were either divorced or separated and 6.8% were widowed.

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