Sutherland Shire
Demographics

Sutherland Shire

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

Census year	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	202,158	205,448	210,863	218,464

LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales	2nd	7th	6th

% of New South Wales population	3.05%	2.82%

% of Australian population	1.08%	1.03%	0.98%	0.90%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Australian	28.9%	26.3%

English	28.0%	27.6%

Irish	9.0%	9.5%

Scottish	6.6%	6.9%

Italian	3.0%	3.2%

Language, top responses (other than English)	Greek	1.9%	1.9%	1.9%	1.9%

Arabic	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%

Cantonese	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%

Italian	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%

Mandarin	n/c	0.6%	0.7%	1.4%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	30.5%	30.6%	31.0%	29.2%

Anglican	28.7%	26.9%	25.8%	20.7%

No religion	10.8%	12.9%	16.1%	24.1%

Eastern Orthodox	3.6%	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%

Uniting Church	5.9%	5.0%	4.2%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$601	A$718	A$837

% of Australian median income	129.0%	124.4%	126.4%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$1,374	A$2,014	A$2,312

% of Australian median income	133.8%	136.0%	133.3%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$1,650	A$1,674	A$1,979

% of Australian median income	140.9%	135.7%	137.6%

Sentence(s)

The most common ancestries in Sutherland Shire were English 27.6%, Australian 26.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 3.2%.
The ancestries in Sutherland were English 27.6%, Australian 26.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 3.2%.
Ancestries in Sutherland were English 27.6%, Australian 26.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.9%, and Italian 3.2%.

final_sentence: The most common ancestries in Sutherland Shire were English 27.6%, Australian 26.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 3.2%.
final_sentence: The ancestries in Sutherland were English 27.6%, Australian 26.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 3.2%.
final_sentence: Ancestries in Sutherland were English 27.6%, Australian 26.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.9%, and Italian 3.2%.