City of Wagga Wagga
Demographics

City of Wagga Wagga

Section Title: Demographics
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Selected historical census data for the City of Wagga Wagga local government area

Census year	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on Census night	54,845	57,015	59,458	62,385

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	39th

% of New South Wales population	0.87%	0.87%	0.86%	0.83%

% of Australian population	0.29%	0.29%	0.28%	0.27%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Australian	34.3%	31.7%

English	29.2%	29.2%

Irish	10.4%	10.5%

Scottish	7.6%	7.9%

German	4.1%	3.9%

Language, top responses (other than English)	Malayalam	0.6%

Arabic	0.5%	0.5%

Mandarin	0.4%	0.5%

Filipino	0.3%

Tagalog	0.3%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	33.2%	30.6%

No Religion	15.0%	22.2%

Anglican	23.9%	19.5%

Presbyterian and Reformed	6.2%	4.9%

Uniting Church	6.3%	5.5%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$586	A$696

% of Australian median income

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$1,418	A$1,682

% of Australian median income

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$1,149	A$1,354

% of Australian median income

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The median weekly income of the City of Wagga Wagga local government area was $1,354.

final_sentence: The median weekly income of the City of Wagga Wagga local government area was $1,354.