Byron Shire
Demographics

Byron Shire

Section Title: Demographics
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Selected historical census data for the Byron Shire local government area

Census year	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	10,916	15,426	18,342	22,599	27,007	28,916	28,766	29,209	31,556

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	61st	58th

% of New South Wales population	0.42%	0.42%

% of Australian population	0.15%	0.14%	0.14%	0.13%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	English	29.7%	27.9%

Australian	25.7%	24.1%

Irish	11.2%	10.5%

Scottish	8.2%	8.0%

German	4.0%	3.8%

Language, top responses (other than English)	German	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%

French	0.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%

Hebrew	n/a	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%

Italian	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%

Spanish	n/c	0.3%	0.4%	0.6%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	No Religion	24.4%	30.0%	37.6%	46.3%

Catholic	18.0%	16.6%	15.9%	12.5%

Anglican	19.0%	15.7%	14.0%	9.7%

Uniting Church	5.9%	4.8%	3.9%	2.8%

Buddhism	n/c	n/c	3.6%	n/c

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$383	A$477	A$596

% of Australian median income	82.2%	82.7%	89.7%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$932	A$1,053	A$1389

% of Australian median income	79.6%	71.1%	77.6%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$738	A$885	A$1149

% of Australian median income	71.9%	71.7%	77.3%

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The median personal income in Byron Shire is $596.

final_sentence: The median personal income in Byron Shire is $596.