City of Cessnock
Demographics

City of Cessnock

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

Census year	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	45,071	46,206	50,840	55,560

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	43rd	42nd

% of New South Wales population	0.73%

% of Australian population	0.24%	0.23%	0.24%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Australian	35.3%

English	32.2%

Scottish	8.4%

Irish	7.1%

German	2.9%

Language, top responses (other than English)	German	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%

Cantonese	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%

Tagalog	0.1%	n/c	0.1%

French	n/c	n/c	0.1%

Italian	n/c	0.1%	0.1%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	Anglican	33.6%	33.0%	31.1%

Catholic	22.2%	21.9%	21.9%

No Religion	11.0%	14.5%	18.5%

Uniting Church	9.9%	8.5%	7.4%

Presbyterian and Reformed	5.3%	4.7%	4.2%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$358	A$472

% of Australian median income	76.8%	81.8%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$1,015	A$1,265

% of Australian median income	86.7%	85.4%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$786	A$1,042

% of Australian median income	76.5%	84.4%

Sentence(s)

Population growth in the City of Cessnock between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 2.52 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 10.03 per cent.
Population growth in the City of Cessnock between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 2.52 percent, and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 10.03 percent.

final_sentence: Population growth in the City of Cessnock between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 2.52 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 10.03 per cent.
final_sentence: Population growth in the City of Cessnock between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 2.52 percent, and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 10.03 percent.