Moree Plains Shire
Selected historical census data

Moree Plains Shire

Section Title: Selected historical census data
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Selected historical census data for Moree Plains Shire local government area

Census year	2001	2006	2011

Population	Estimated residents on Census night	15,680	13,976	13,429

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	81st

% of New South Wales population	0.23%	0.19%

% of Australian population	0.08%	0.07%	0.06%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Australian	34.1%

English	28.5%

Irish	8.5%

Scottish	6.2%

Australian Aboriginal	5.6%

Language, top responses (other than English)	Tamil	n/c	n/c	0.2%

Cantonese	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%

Afrikaans	n/c	0.1%	0.2%

Serbian	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%

Hindi	n/c	n/c	0.1%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	Anglican	37.7%	35.8%	32.3%

Catholic	29.9%	28.9%	29.5%

No Religion	5.7%	7.1%	11.7%

Presbyterian and Reformed	5.9%	5.3%	4.7%

Uniting Church	4.8%	3.8%	3.7%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$471	A$558

% of Australian median personal income	101.1%	96.7%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$1,089	A$1,253

% of Australian median family income	93.0%	84.6%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$946	A$1,053

% of Australian median household income	92.1%	85.3%

Sentence(s)

At the 2011 census, there were 13,429 people in the Moree Plains local government area.

final_sentence: At the 2011 census, there were 13,429 people in the Moree Plains local government area.