City of Sydney
Demographics

City of Sydney

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

Census year	1996	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	87,874	124,512	156,571	169,505	208,374

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	10th	8th

% of New South Wales population	1.97%	2.39%	2.45%	2.79%

% of Australian population	0.49%	0.66%	0.79%	0.79%	0.89%

Estimated ATSI population on census night	2,051	1,982	2,175	2,413

% of ATSI population to residents	1.6%	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	English	19.3%	18.1%

Chinese	9.7%	13.4%

Australian	13.9%	11.9%

Irish	8.5%	8.0%

Scottish	5.8%	5.3%

Language, top responses (other than English)	Mandarin	3.7%	5.1%	9.9%

Thai	n/c	2.1%	3.2%

Cantonese	3.3%	3.2%	2.9%

Indonesian	1.7%	1.9%	2.2%

Spanish	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	1.7%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	No religion, so described	26.7%	21.9%	23.7%	33.6%	43.2%

Religious affiliation not stated	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	15.8%

Catholic	23.6%	20.9%	18.3%	19.0%	15.4%

Buddhism	2.9%	5.0%	5.2%	6.5%	7.0%

Anglican	14.7%	12.2%	10.0%	9.0%	5.8%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$717	A$888	A$953

% of Australian median income	153.9%	153.9%	144.0%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$1,204	A$2,273	$A2,524

% of Australian median income	117.2%	153.5%	145.6%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$1,819	A$1,639	A$1,926

% of Australian median income	105.9%	132.8%	133.9%

Dwelling structure

Dwelling type	Separate house	2.7%	4.9%	4.2%	2.0%

Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse	23.2%	20.2%	21.2%	19.7%

Flat or apartment	71.2%	73.7%	73.6%	77.1%

Sentence(s)

The proportion of dwellings in the City of Sydney that are apartments is 77.1%.

final_sentence: The proportion of dwellings in the City of Sydney that are apartments is 77.1%.