Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 63,487 people in the Waverley local government area, of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population. The median age of people in the Municipality of Waverley was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the Municipality of Waverley 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 Waverley local government area was a little over half the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Municipality of Waverley was more than 1.5 times the national average.
The proportion of residents in Waverley local government area who stated their ancestry was Jewish was three times the New South Wales and national averages. The proportion of households where Russian is spoken at home is thirteen times the state and national averages; and of all households where Hebrew is spoken in New South Wales, one third are located in the Municipality of Waverley, and in Australia, one tenth of households where Hebrew is spoken are located in Waverley local government area. The proportion of residents who stated an affiliation with Judaism was in excess of twenty–eight times the state and national averages.
| Selected historical census data for Waverley local government area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 58,769 | 60,715 | 63,487 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | |||||
| % of New South Wales population | 0.92% | ||||
| % of Australian population | 0.31% | 0.31% | 0.30% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
English | 20.9% | |||
| Australian | 16.1% | ||||
| Irish | 9.3% | ||||
| Scottish | 5.5% | ||||
| Jewish | 3.1% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Russian | 3.2% | 2.6% | 2.6% | |
| Hebrew | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.6% | ||
| Italian | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.4% | ||
| French | n/c | n/c | 1.3% | ||
| Spanish | n/c | 1.0% | 1.3% | ||
| Religious affiliation | |||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
No religion | 16.9% | 18.0% | 24.3% | |
| Catholic | 22.9% | 20.8% | 22.1% | ||
| Judaism | 16.1% | 16.8% | 17.1% | ||
| Anglican | 13.5% | 11.7% | 11.0% | ||
| Eastern Orthodox | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.8% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$765 | A$973 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 164.2% | 168.6% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,446 | A$2,496 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 140.8% | 168.5% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,928 | A$1,912 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 164.6% | 154.9% | |||
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