Municipality of Strathfield
Demographics

Municipality of Strathfield

Section Title: Demographics
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Historical census data for Strathfield local government area

Census year	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	27,777	31,983	35,188	40,312

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	55th	53rd

% of New South Wales population	0.51%	0.54%

% of Australian population	0.15%	0.16%	0.16%	0.17%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Chinese (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	9.3%	17.8%

Indian	8.0%	11.1%

South Korean	7.5%	7.9%

English	7.7%

Australian	39.8%	7.5%

Language, top responses (other than English)	Mandarin	4.2%	6.4%	8.0%	10.0%

Korean	7.0%	8.4%	8.9%	8.8%

Cantonese	8.7%	8.4%	8.0%	7.0%

Tamil	6.4%	5.8%	5.3%	5.6%

Arabic	5.8%	5.8%	5.7%	5.0%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	34.0%	30.7%	27.5%	23.0%

No religion, so described	10.2%	12.3%	15.0%	21.6%

Hinduism	9.0%	10.3%	13.2%	16.4%

Buddhism	n/c	6.4%	6.8%	5.7%

Not stated	n/c	n/c	n/c	9.3%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$458	A$558	Data to be released in October 2017

% of Australian median income	98.3%	96.7%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$458	A$1,595

% of Australian median income	106.4%	107.7%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$1,256	A$1,421

% of Australian median income	107.3%	115.2%

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Strathfield at the time of the 2016 census had an estimated 40,312 residents.

final_sentence: Strathfield at the time of the 2016 census had an estimated 40,312 residents.