The Hills Shire
Demographics

The Hills Shire

Section Title: Demographics
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Selected historical census data for The Hills local government area

Census year	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	138,420	159,391	169,872	157,243

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	9th	15th

% of New South Wales population	2.46%	2.02%

% of Australian population	0.74%	0.80%	0.79%	0.67%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	English	21.5%	20.4%

Australian	22.1%	19.1%

Chinese	8.5%	9.6%

Irish	6.5%	6.6%

Scottish	5.4%	5.3%

Language, top responses (other than English)	Mandarin	1.5%	2.4%	3.9%	6.4%

Cantonese	4.4%	4.5%	4.4%	3.4%

Korean	1.3%	1.6%	2.1%	2.0%

Hindi	0.6%	0.9%	1.3%	1.9%

Arabic	1.6%	1.8%	1.9%	1.7%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	32.3%	32.5%	31.4%	28.9%

No religion, so described	10.4%	12.5%	15.7%	21.2%

Anglican	22.7%	20.0%	18.5%	14.9%

Not stated	5.9%

Hinduism	1.6%	2.4%	3.1%	4.5%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$625	A$719	Data to be released in October 2017

% of Australian median income	134.1%	124.6%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$1,732	A$2,188

% of Australian median income	168.6%	147.7%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$1,847	A$2,044

% of Australian median income	157.7%	165.6%

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The Hills Shire had a population of 157,243 as at the 2016 census.

final_sentence: The Hills Shire had a population of 157,243 as at the 2016 census.