List of population demographics of New South Wales by local government area
Appearance
This is a list of population demographics of New South Wales by local government area as at the 2016 census.a
The local government area with the largest population was City of Canterbury-Bankstown with 346,302 people resident on census night; and the area with the smallest population was Lord Howe Island with 698.a As at census night, the local government area with the largest population density was the City of Sydney with approximately 8,335 people per square kilometre; and the area with the smallest population density was the Unincorporated Far West with approximately 0.01 person per square kilometre.
Local government area | Region | Area | Population | Population density | References | ||||
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km2 | sq mi | Rank | 2016 census | Rank | People/km2 | Rank | |||
Albury, City of | Riverina | 164 | 63 | 107 | 51,076 | 44 | 311.43 | 32 | [1][2] |
Armidale Regional Council | New England | 8,621 | 3,329 | 27 | 29,449 | 60 | 3.42 | 79 | [3] |
Ballina Shire | Northern Rivers | 484 | 187 | 92 | 41,790 | 50 | 86.34 | 40 | [4] |
Balranald Shire | Riverina | 21,693 | 8,376 | 7 | 2,287 | 126 | 0.11 | 125 | [5] |
Bathurst Region | Central West | 3,820 | 1,470 | 55 | 41,300 | 51 | 10.81 | 58 | [6] |
Bayside Council | St George-Sutherland | 50 | 19 | 114 | 156,058 | 17 | 3,121.16 | 14 | [7][8] |
Bega Valley Shire | South Coast | 6,279 | 2,424 | 37 | 33,253 | 57 | 5.30 | 68 | [9] |
Bellingen Shire | Mid North Coast | 1,602 | 619 | 80 | 12,668 | 84 | 7.91 | 63 | [10] |
Berrigan Shire | Riverina | 2,066 | 798 | 75 | 8,462 | 97 | 4.10 | 76 | [11] |
Blacktown, City of | Western Sydney | 247 | 95 | 103 | 336,962 | 2 | 1,364.22 | 22 | [12] |
Bland Shire | Central West / Riverina | 8,560 | 3,310 | 29 | 5,995 | 109 | 0.70 | 115 | [13] |
Blayney Shire | Central West | 1,525 | 589 | 81 | 7,257 | 100 | 4.76 | 70 | [14] |
Blue Mountains, City of | Western Sydney / Blue Mountains | 1,432 | 553 | 83 | 76,904 | 31 | 53.70 | 46 | [15][16] |
Bogan Shire | Orana | 14,611 | 5,641 | 12 | 2,692 | 125 | 0.18 | 123 | [17] |
Bourke Shire | Orana | 41,679 | 16,092 | 4 | 2,834 | 123 | 0.07 | 128 | [18] |
Brewarrina Shire | Orana | 19,188 | 7,409 | 8 | 1,651 | 128 | 0.09 | 127 | [19] |
Broken Hill, City of | Far West | 170 | 66 | 106 | 17,708 | 72 | 104.16 | 39 | [20] |
Burwood Council | Inner West | 7 | 2.7 | 129 | 36,809 | 55 | 5,258.43 | 4 | [21] |
Byron Shire | Northern Rivers | 567 | 219 | 91 | 31,556 | 58 | 55.65 | 45 | [22] |
Cabonne Shire | Central West | 6,026 | 2,327 | 38 | 13,386 | 80 | 2.22 | 88 | [23] |
Camden Council | Macarthur | 201 | 78 | 104 | 78,219 | 29 | 389.15 | 31 | [24] |
Campbelltown, City of | Macarthur | 312 | 120 | 98 | 157,006 | 16 | 503.22 | 27 | [25] |
Canada Bay, City of | Inner West | 20 | 7.7 | 121 | 88,015 | 27 | 4,400.75 | 8 | [26] |
Canterbury-Bankstown, City of | Western Sydney | 72 | 28 | 112 | 346,302 | 1 | 4,809.75 | 6 | [27][28] |
Carrathool Shire | Central West / Riverina | 18,933 | 7,310 | 9 | 2,719 | 124 | 0.14 | 124 | [29] |
Central Coast Council | Central Coast | 1,681 | 649 | 78 | 327,736 | 3 | 194.96 | 37 | [30][31] |
Central Darling Shire | Far West | 53,511 | 20,661 | 2 | 1,833 | 127 | 0.03 | 129 | [32] |
Cessnock, City of | Hunter | 1,966 | 759 | 77 | 55,560 | 42 | 28.26 | 47 | [33] |
Clarence Valley Council | Northern Rivers | 10,441 | 4,031 | 18 | 50,671 | 45 | 4.85 | 69 | [34] |
Cobar Shire | Orana | 44,065 | 17,014 | 3 | 4,647 | 113 | 0.11 | 125 | [35] |
Coffs Harbour, City of | Mid North Coast | 1,175 | 454 | 86 | 72944 | 33 | 62.08 | 44 | [36] |
Coolamon Shire | Riverina | 2,433 | 939 | 73 | 4,315 | 114 | 1.77 | 94 | [37] |
Coonamble Shire | Orana | 9,926 | 3,832 | 20 | 3,918 | 116 | 0.39 | 118 | [38] |
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council | Riverina | 3,981 | 1,537 | 54 | 11,141 | 89 | 2.80 | 81 | [39][40] |
Cowra Shire | Central West | 2,810 | 1,080 | 67 | 12,460 | 85 | 4.34 | 75 | [41] |
Cumberland Council | Western Sydney | 72 | 28 | 112 | 216,079 | 7 | 3,001.10 | 15 | [42][43] |
Dubbo Regional Council | Orana | 7,536 | 2,910 | 31 | 50,077 | 46 | 6.65 | 65 | [44][45] |
Dungog Shire | Hunter | 2,251 | 869 | 74 | 8,975 | 93 | 3.99 | 78 | [46] |
Edward River Council | Riverina | 8,881 | 3,429 | 25 | 8,851 | 95 | 1.00 | 107 | [47][48] |
Eurobodalla Shire | South Coast | 3,428 | 1,324 | 59 | 37,232 | 54 | 10.86 | 57 | [49] |
Fairfield, City of | Western Sydney | 102 | 39 | 109 | 198,817 | 11 | 1,949.19 | 20 | [50] |
Federation Council | Riverina | 5,685 | 2,195 | 41 | 12,777 | 83 | 2.25 | 87 | [51][52] |
Forbes Shire | Central West | 4,720 | 1,820 | 49 | 9,587 | 91 | 2.03 | 90 | [53] |
Georges River Council | St George-Sutherland | 38 | 15 | 116 | 146,841 | 19 | 3,864.24 | 10 | [54][55] |
Gilgandra Shire | Orana | 4,836 | 1,867 | 46 | 4,236 | 115 | 0.88 | 111 | [56] |
Glen Innes Severn Council | New England | 5,487 | 2,119 | 42 | 8,836 | 96 | 1.61 | 96 | [57] |
Goulburn Mulwaree Council | Southern Tablelands | 3,220 | 1,240 | 64 | 29,609 | 59 | 9.20 | 60 | [58] |
Greater Hume Shire | Riverina | 5,746 | 2,219 | 40 | 10,351 | 90 | 1.80 | 93 | [59] |
Griffith, City of | Riverina | 1,640 | 630 | 79 | 25,641 | 63 | 15.64 | 54 | [60] |
Gunnedah Shire | New England | 4,994 | 1,928 | 45 | 12,215 | 86 | 2.45 | 85 | [61] |
Gwydir Shire | New England | 9,453 | 3,650 | 22 | 5,258 | 112 | 0.56 | 116 | [62] |
Hawkesbury, City of | Western Sydney | 2,793 | 1,078 | 69 | 64,592 | 38 | 23.13 | 49 | [63][64] |
Hay Shire | Riverina | 11,326 | 4,373 | 16 | 2,946 | 121 | 0.26 | 120 | [65] |
Hills Shire, The | Hills District | 401 | 155 | 95 | 157,243 | 15 | 392.13 | 30 | [66] |
Hilltops Council | Southern Tablelands | 7,139 | 2,756 | 34 | 18,498 | 71 | 2.59 | 83 | [67][68] |
Hornsby Shire | North Shore / Northern Suburbs | 462 | 178 | 93 | 142,667 | 20 | 308.80 | 33 | [69] |
Hunter's Hill, Municipality of | Northern Suburbs | 6 | 2.3 | 130 | 13,999 | 79 | 2,333.17 | 19 | [70] |
Inner West Council | Inner West | 35 | 14 | 118 | 182,043 | 14 | 5,201.23 | 5 | [71][72] |
Inverell Shire | New England | 8,606 | 3,323 | 28 | 16,483 | 73 | 1.92 | 91 | [73] |
Junee Shire | Riverina | 2,030 | 780 | 76 | 6,295 | 104 | 3.10 | 80 | [74] |
Kempsey Shire | Mid North Coast | 3,380 | 1,310 | 62 | 28,885 | 61 | 8.55 | 62 | [75] |
Kiama, Municipality of | Illawarra | 258 | 100 | 101 | 21,464 | 67 | 83.19 | 41 | [76] |
Ku-ring-gai Council | North Shore | 86 | 33 | 110 | 118,053 | 22 | 1,372.71 | 21 | [77] |
Kyogle Council | Northern Rivers | 3,589 | 1,386 | 58 | 8,940 | 94 | 2.49 | 84 | [78] |
Lachlan Shire | Central West | 7,431 | 2,869 | 32 | 6,194 | 105 | 0.83 | 112 | [79] |
Lake Macquarie, City of | Hunter | 648 | 250 | 90 | 197,371 | 12 | 304.58 | 34 | [80] |
Lane Cove, Municipality of | North Shore | 11 | 4.2 | 125 | 36,051 | 56 | 3,277.36 | 11 | [81] |
Leeton Shire | Riverina | 1,167 | 451 | 87 | 11,168 | 88 | 9.57 | 59 | [82] |
Lismore, City of | Northern Rivers | 1,290 | 500 | 85 | 43,135 | 49 | 4.63 | 73 | [83] |
Lithgow, City of | Central West / Blue Mountains | 4,551 | 1,757 | 51 | 21,090 | 68 | 4.63 | 73 | [84] |
Liverpool, City of | Western Sydney | 306 | 118 | 99 | 204,326 | 9 | 667.73 | 25 | [85] |
Liverpool Plains Shire | New England | 5,086 | 1,964 | 44 | 7,687 | 99 | 1.51 | 98 | [86] |
Lockhart Shire | Riverina | 2,895 | 1,118 | 66 | 3,119 | 119 | 1.08 | 104 | [87] |
Lord Howe Island | 15 | 5.8 | 122 | 382 | 130 | 25.47 | 48 | [88][89] | |
Maitland, City of | Hunter | 392 | 151 | 96 | 77,305 | 30 | 197.21 | 36 | [90] |
Mid-Coast Council | Mid North Coast | 10,053 | 3,881 | 19 | 90,303 | 26 | 8.98 | 61 | [91][92] |
Mid-Western Regional | Central West | 8,737 | 3,373 | 26 | 24,076 | 64 | 2.76 | 82 | [93] |
Moree Plains Shire | New England | 17,930 | 6,920 | 10 | 13,159 | 81 | 0.73 | 114 | [94] |
Mosman, Municipality of | North Shore | 9 | 3.5 | 127 | 28,475 | 62 | 3,163.89 | 13 | [95] |
Murray River Council | Riverina | 11,865 | 4,581 | 15 | 11,680 | 87 | 0.98 | 109 | [96][97] |
Murrumbidgee Council | Riverina | 6,880 | 2,660 | 36 | 3,836 | 117 | 0.56 | 116 | [98][99] |
Muswellbrook Shire | Hunter | 3,405 | 1,315 | 61 | 16,086 | 75 | 4.72 | 71 | [100] |
Nambucca Shire | Mid North Coast | 1,491 | 576 | 82 | 19,212 | 70 | 12.89 | 56 | [101] |
Narrandera Shire | Riverina | 4,117 | 1,590 | 52 | 5,853 | 110 | 1.42 | 100 | [102] |
Narrabri Shire | North West Slopes / Northern Tablelands | 13,031 | 5,031 | 13 | 13,084 | 82 | 1.00 | 107 | [103] |
Narromine Shire | Orana | 5,264 | 2,032 | 43 | 6,444 | 103 | 1.22 | 102 | [104] |
Newcastle, City of | Hunter | 187 | 72 | 105 | 155,411 | 18 | 831.07 | 24 | [105] |
Northern Beaches Council | Northern Beaches | 254 | 98 | 102 | 252,878 | 4 | 995.58 | 23 | [106][107] |
North Sydney Council | North Shore | 11 | 4.2 | 125 | 67,658 | 36 | 6,150.73 | 3 | [108] |
Oberon Shire | Central West | 3,659 | 1,413 | 57 | 5,301 | 111 | 1.45 | 99 | [109] |
Orange, City of | Central West | 285 | 110 | 100 | 40,344 | 52 | 141.56 | 38 | [110] |
Parkes Shire | Central West | 5,958 | 2,300 | 39 | 14,608 | 76 | 2.45 | 85 | [111] |
Parramatta Council, City of | Western Sydney / Northern Suburbs | 82 | 32 | 111 | 226,149 | 5 | 2,757.91 | 18 | [112][113] |
Penrith, City of | Western Sydney | 405 | 156 | 94 | 196,066 | 13 | 484.11 | 28 | [114][115] |
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council | Mid North Coast | 3,686 | 1,423 | 56 | 78,539 | 28 | 21.31 | 51 | [116][117] |
Port Stephens Council | Hunter | 979 | 378 | 88 | 69,556 | 34 | 71.05 | 42 | [118] |
Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council | Southern Tablelands | 8,960 | 3,460 | 23 | 56,027 | 41 | 6.25 | 66 | [119][120] |
Randwick, City of | Eastern Suburbs | 36 | 14 | 117 | 140,660 | 21 | 3,907.22 | 9 | [121] |
Richmond Valley Council | Northern Rivers | 3,051 | 1,178 | 65 | 22,807 | 66 | 7.48 | 64 | [122] |
Ryde, City of | Northern Suburbs | 41 | 16 | 115 | 116,302 | 23 | 2,836.63 | 17 | [123] |
Singleton Council | Hunter | 4,893 | 1,889 | 47 | 22,987 | 65 | 4.70 | 72 | [124] |
Shellharbour, City of | Illawarra / South Coast | 147 | 57 | 108 | 68,460 | 35 | 465.71 | 29 | [125] |
Shoalhaven, City of | South Coast | 4,567 | 1,763 | 50 | 99,650 | 24 | 21.82 | 50 | [126] |
Snowy Monaro Regional Council | Snowy Mountains / Monaro | 15,162 | 5,854 | 11 | 20,218 | 69 | 1.33 | 101 | [127][128] |
Snowy Valleys Council | Riverina | 8,960 | 3,460 | 23 | 14,395 | 77 | 1.61 | 96 | [129][130] |
Strathfield, Municipality of | Inner West | 14 | 5.4 | 123 | 40,312 | 53 | 2,879.43 | 16 | [131] |
Sutherland Shire | St George-Sutherland | 370 | 140 | 97 | 218,464 | 6 | 590.44 | 26 | [132] |
Sydney, City of | Sydney CBD | 25 | 9.7 | 119 | 208,374 | 8 | 8,334.96 | 1 | [133][134] |
Tamworth Regional Council | New England | 9,892 | 3,819 | 21 | 59,663 | 40 | 6.03 | 67 | [135] |
Temora Shire | Riverina | 2,802 | 1,082 | 68 | 6,110 | 106 | 2.18 | 89 | [136] |
Tenterfield Shire | New England | 7,332 | 2,831 | 33 | 6,628 | 102 | 0.90 | 109 | [137] |
Tweed Shire | Northern Rivers | 1,321 | 510 | 84 | 91,371 | 25 | 69.17 | 43 | [138] |
Unincorporated Far West | Far West | 93,300 | 36,000 | 1 | 698a | 129 | 0.01 | 130 | [139] |
Upper Hunter Shire | Hunter | 8,096 | 3,126 | 30 | 14,112 | 78 | 1.74 | 95 | [140] |
Upper Lachlan Shire | Southern Tablelands | 7,102 | 2,742 | 35 | 7,695 | 98 | 1.08 | 104 | [141] |
Uralla Shire | New England | 3,230 | 1,250 | 63 | 6,048 | 108 | 1.87 | 92 | [142] |
Wagga Wagga, City of | Riverina | 4,826 | 1,863 | 48 | 62,385 | 39 | 12.93 | 55 | [143] |
Walcha Shire | New England | 2,621 | 1,012 | 71 | 3,092 | 120 | 1.18 | 103 | [144][145] |
Walgett Shire | Orana | 22,336 | 8,624 | 6 | 6,107 | 107 | 0.27 | 119 | [146] |
Warren Shire | Orana | 10,760 | 4,150 | 17 | 2,732 | 122 | 0.25 | 122 | [147] |
Warrumbungle Shire | Orana | 12,380 | 4,780 | 14 | 9,384 | 92 | 0.76 | 113 | [148] |
Waverley Council | Eastern Suburbs | 9 | 3.5 | 127 | 66,812 | 37 | 7,423.56 | 2 | [149][150] |
Weddin Shire | Central West | 3,410 | 1,320 | 60 | 3,664 | 118 | 1.07 | 106 | [151] |
Wentworth Shire | Riverina | 26,269 | 10,143 | 5 | 6,794 | 101 | 0.26 | 120 | [152][153] |
Willoughby, City of | North Shore | 23 | 8.9 | 120 | 74,302 | 32 | 3,230.52 | 12 | [154] |
Wingecarribee Shire | Illawarra / Southern Highlands | 2,689 | 1,038 | 70 | 47,882 | 48 | 17.81 | 53 | [155] |
Wollondilly Shire | Macarthur | 2,560 | 990 | 72 | 48,519 | 47 | 18.95 | 52 | [156] |
Wollongong, City of | Illawarra | 684 | 264 | 89 | 203,630 | 10 | 297.70 | 35 | [157] |
Woollahra, Municipality of | Eastern Suburbs | 12 | 4.6 | 124 | 54,240 | 43 | 4,520.00 | 7 | [158][159] |
Yass Valley Council | Southern Tablelands / Riverina | 3,999 | 1,544 | 53 | 16,142 | 74 | 4.04 | 77 | [160] |
- ^a As of 27 June 2017[update], ABS census data for the Unincorporated Far West region was available for the 2011 census only.
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