Kempsey Shire
Demographics

Kempsey Shire

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

Census year	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	26,887	27,387	28,134	28,885

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	62nd

% of New South Wales population	0.41%

% of Australian population	0.14%	0.14%	0.13%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Australian	35.3%

English	31.7%

Irish	8.3%

Scottish	6.0%

German	2.6%

Language, top responses (other than English)	German	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%

Tagalog	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

Cantonese	n/c	n/c	0.1%

Dutch	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

French	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	Anglican	29.9%	27.7%	26.6%

Catholic	25.9%	25.4%	25.1%

No religion	11.9%	14.6%	17.8%

Uniting Church	9.8%	8.7%	7.6%

Presbyterian and Reformed	3.9%	3.5%	3.2%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$319	A$386

% of Australian median income	68.5%	66.9%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$614	A$902

% of Australian median income	59.8%	60.9%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$737	A$748

% of Australian median income	62.9%	60.6%

Sentence(s)

As of the 2011 census, there were 28,134 people in the Kempsey Shire local government area.

final_sentence: As of the 2011 census, there were 28,134 people in the Kempsey Shire local government area.