According to census figures, the population of Western Sydney was 1,571,475 in 2011. In Sydney - Inner West (Statistical Area Level 4), 15.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 29.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.In Sydney - Inner West (Statistical Area Level 4), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7 persons, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. In the Western Sydney district, 1.4% of the population (n=13,426) identify as Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander (see Table 2). Western Sydney has a large multicultural population of more than two million people from 170 nations. Most of the Aboriginal population live in the Blacktown LGA, where Aboriginal people make up 2.8% of the population.
The profile is updated with population estimates when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases new figures. In contrast, the total population of NSW increased by 5.6%. The average household size was 2.6 people.2011 benchmarks are not available for this data item.There were 158,853 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sydney - Inner West (Statistical Area Level 4). The 2016 Census indicates about 13,400, or 1.5 per cent of the population self-identifies as being Aboriginal, with the majority (9500) living in the Blacktown LGA. It is subject to review after the next Census data release and may not match .id's population forecasts.The Census usual resident population of the Greater Western Sydney Region in 2016 was 2,307,183, living in 798,585 dwellings with an average household size of 3.01.DISCLAIMER: While all due care has been taken to ensure that the content of this website is accurate and current, there may be errors or omissions in it and no legal responsibility is accepted for the information and opinions in this website.ABS Estimated Resident Population 2019There are a number of different ways of measuring the population of an area, all of which give an insight into the size of the place and its rate of growth over different time periods.
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Western Sydney had a participation rate of 63.0%, which is lower than the participation rates for Sydney (66.0%) and for NSW (63.6%). Both these populations are useful and form the basis for a range of characteristics collected in the Census. Western Sydney is home to the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population with many living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. Over half of Western Sydney's GRP is concentrated in four LGAs: Auburn, Blacktown, Holroyd and Parramatta. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population. The The Centre for Western Sydney Community Profile provides demographic analysis for the Region and smaller areas within it based on results from the 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing.