Northern Beaches Council
Demographics
At the 2016 census, there were 252,878 people in the Northern Beaches local government area; of these 48.8 per cent were male and 51.2 per cent were female.

Northern Beaches Council

Section Title: Demographics
Table Section Text: At the 2016 census, there were 252,878 people in the Northern Beaches local government area; of these 48.8 per cent were male and 51.2 per cent were female.

Selected historical census data for Northern Beaches Council local government area

Census year	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	252,878

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	4th

% of New South Wales population	3.38%

% of Australian population	1.08%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	English	29.2%

Australian	22.3%

Irish	9.2%

Scottish	7.5%

Italian	3.5%

Language, top responses (other than English)	Italian	1.3%

Mandarin	1.3%

Portuguese	1.0%

French	0.9%

German	0.9%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	No religion, so described	33.7%

Catholic	24.2%

Anglican	17.8%

Not stated	8.4%

Uniting Church	2.7%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	Data to be released in October 2017

% of Australian median income

Family income	Median weekly family income

% of Australian median income

Household income	Median weekly household income

% of Australian median income

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As of the 2016 census, the Northern Beaches Council local government area had an estimated population of 252,878.

final_sentence: As of the 2016 census, the Northern Beaches Council local government area had an estimated population of 252,878.