New South Wales

Federal State in Australia

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2006-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Estimate 2016-06-30	Population Estimate 2021-06-30	Population Estimate 2025-06-30
New South Wales	Federal State	6,530,349	6,742,690	7,218,529	7,732,858	8,097,062	8,592,524
Albury	City	45,265	47,566	49,451	52,171	56,067	59,538	→
Armidale Regional (incl. Guyra)	Area	27,906	27,377	28,573	29,310	29,332	29,652	→
Ballina	Area	37,856	39,537	40,747	42,993	46,196	48,603	→
Balranald	Area	2,751	2,507	2,353	2,330	2,208	2,244	→
Bathurst Regional	Area	35,504	36,916	39,960	42,244	43,674	45,359	→
Bayside (Rockdale - Botany Bay)	Area	129,075	133,205	144,985	164,534	176,229	187,770	→
Bega Valley	Area	30,425	31,829	33,128	33,941	35,770	36,921	→
Bellingen	Area	12,634	12,716	12,923	12,951	13,203	13,348	→
Berrigan	Area	8,075	8,160	8,297	8,609	8,615	8,773	→
Blacktown	City	263,103	278,894	312,346	348,030	399,925	449,385	→
Bland	Area	6,603	6,212	6,021	6,024	5,544	5,455	→
Blayney	Area	6,478	6,741	7,217	7,343	7,511	7,831	→
Blue Mountains	City	76,528	75,600	78,553	78,835	78,372	79,236	→
Bogan	Area	3,156	2,939	3,009	2,764	2,480	2,373	→
Bourke	Area	3,919	3,185	3,053	2,762	2,416	2,310	→
Brewarrina	Area	2,148	2,004	1,874	1,710	1,487	1,396	→
Broken Hill	City	20,929	19,753	19,151	18,114	17,662	17,515	→
Burwood	Area	30,393	32,199	34,176	38,536	40,440	43,927	→
Byron	Area	29,453	30,125	30,712	33,399	36,106	38,784	→
Cabonne	Area	12,447	12,634	13,211	13,577	13,767	13,915	→
Camden	Area	45,167	50,632	58,440	80,268	120,083	146,483	→
Campbelltown	City	149,188	146,534	151,172	161,562	177,778	191,285	→
Canada Bay	Area	61,940	68,309	80,065	92,534	89,685	93,006	→
Canterbury-Bankstown	Area	307,592	310,578	335,940	361,862	372,459	389,687	→
Carrathool	Area	3,290	2,863	2,681	2,793	2,873	2,803	→
Central Coast (incl. Gosford City)	City	294,596	303,051	322,657	336,611	348,493	357,816	→
Central Darling	Area	2,432	2,000	2,059	1,881	1,758	1,773	→
Cessnock	City	46,823	47,426	52,485	56,720	64,120	71,443	→
Clarence Valley	Area	48,247	49,149	51,287	51,622	54,212	56,874	→
Cobar	Area	4,990	4,941	4,782	4,687	4,098	4,019	→
Coffs Harbour	City	62,582	66,657	70,972	74,670	78,781	82,109	→
Coolamon	Area	4,090	4,097	4,236	4,390	4,403	4,742	→
Coonamble	Area	4,797	4,305	4,226	4,051	3,833	3,889	→
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional	Area	11,397	11,254	11,308	11,291	11,390	11,429	→
Cowra	Area	12,989	12,754	12,523	12,659	12,759	12,721	→
Cumberland (incl. Holroyd City, Auburn City (parts))	Area	...	180,403	203,181	225,691	237,083	256,906	→
Dubbo Regional (Western Plains Regional)	Area	47,176	47,148	49,079	51,404	55,528	57,384	→
Dungog	Area	8,338	8,245	8,556	9,101	9,532	10,102	→
Edward River (Deniliquin - Conargo)	Area	10,074	9,287	8,888	8,991	8,437	8,501	→
Eurobodalla	Area	33,639	35,855	37,082	37,919	40,464	41,309	→
Fairfield	City	187,825	186,117	196,479	205,675	209,066	213,677	→
Federation (Corowa - Urana)	Area	12,121	12,497	12,509	12,445	12,822	13,247	→
Forbes	Area	10,062	9,540	9,469	9,817	9,385	9,301	→
Georges River (Hurstville - Kogarah)	Area	125,777	130,586	141,726	153,161	152,800	163,919	→
Gilgandra	Area	4,761	4,618	4,515	4,298	4,318	4,304	→
Glen Innes Severn	Area	8,818	8,987	8,911	8,934	8,925	9,069	→
Goulburn Mulwaree	Area	26,401	26,695	28,363	30,261	32,150	33,746	→
Greater Hume Shire	Area	10,455	9,999	10,072	10,519	11,109	11,742	→
Griffith	City	24,412	24,450	25,395	26,356	27,195	27,458	→
Gunnedah	Area	12,306	11,782	12,519	12,491	13,088	13,502	→
Gwydir	Area	5,716	5,428	5,102	5,326	4,912	4,968	→
Hawkesbury	City	62,412	61,725	64,353	66,346	67,605	69,299	→
Hay	Area	3,620	3,483	3,085	2,984	2,885	2,899	→
Hilltops	Area	18,014	18,213	18,793	18,756	19,223	19,347	→
Hornsby	Area	...	136,162	143,273	147,385	152,263	155,484	→
Hunters Hill	Area	13,296	13,662	13,897	14,656	13,596	13,983	→
Inner West (Marrickville - Ashfield - Leichhardt)	Area	166,693	167,602	180,301	191,194	183,839	193,125	→
Inverell	Area	16,784	16,947	17,689	17,815	17,920	18,152	→
Junee	Area	5,859	5,943	6,132	6,414	6,454	6,403	→
Kempsey	Area	27,164	28,032	29,128	29,431	30,828	31,950	→
Kiama	Area	19,793	19,626	20,806	22,110	22,970	23,139	→
Ku-ring-gai	Area	106,965	104,459	114,604	122,472	124,703	128,542	→
Kyogle	Area	9,739	9,491	9,537	9,114	9,346	9,707	→
Lachlan	Area	7,651	6,932	6,802	6,444	6,153	6,118	→
Lake Macquarie	City	186,353	188,503	196,811	202,332	214,054	224,540	→
Lane Cove	Area	31,880	31,527	33,233	37,694	39,608	43,094	→
Leeton	Area	11,832	11,562	11,406	11,407	11,480	11,475	→
Lismore	City	42,721	43,338	44,348	44,122	44,361	43,642	→
Lithgow	City	20,451	20,186	20,850	21,484	20,855	20,693	→
Liverpool	City	158,027	169,868	188,088	211,983	234,505	261,231	→
Liverpool Plains	Area	7,977	7,717	7,761	7,847	7,608	7,671	→
Lockhart	Area	3,550	3,237	3,098	3,173	3,328	3,509	→
Lord Howe Island	Unincorporated Area	366	357	392	414	444	442	→
Maitland	City	56,055	63,505	69,924	79,063	90,612	100,439	→
Mid-Coast (incl. Greater Taree)	Area	81,291	84,579	88,818	91,801	96,475	99,448	→
Mid-Western Regional	Area	22,003	21,641	23,020	24,546	25,714	26,472	→
Moree Plains	Area	16,108	14,407	14,043	13,627	12,964	12,845	→
Mosman	Area	27,680	27,570	29,351	30,260	28,466	29,374	→
Murray River	Area	10,997	11,020	11,257	11,872	12,785	14,030	→
Murrumbidgee (incl. Jerilderie)	Area	4,548	4,219	3,888	3,929	3,564	3,695	→
Muswellbrook	Area	15,099	15,639	16,328	16,462	16,469	16,859	→
Nambucca Valley	Area	18,026	18,299	19,235	19,580	20,382	21,237	→
Narrabri	Area	14,422	13,477	13,438	13,367	12,808	12,797	→
Narrandera	Area	6,686	6,149	6,115	5,949	5,733	5,761	→
Narromine	Area	7,060	6,691	6,832	6,617	6,448	6,420	→
Newcastle	City	141,001	146,623	155,550	160,707	169,433	178,935	→
Northern Beaches (Warringah - Pittwater - Manly)	Area	229,816	233,600	251,696	265,468	264,567	272,656	→
North Sydney	Area	58,337	61,512	66,747	71,809	69,471	73,705	→
Oberon	Area	5,257	5,179	5,209	5,349	5,567	5,595	→
Orange	City	36,701	36,374	39,419	41,210	43,750	44,990	→
Parkes	Area	14,927	14,600	15,083	14,924	14,451	14,175	→
Parramatta	City	...	180,919	203,205	234,444	258,527	279,014	→
Penrith	City	176,277	176,067	184,589	201,597	219,239	231,701	→
Port Macquarie-Hastings	Area	64,960	69,947	75,232	80,073	86,638	92,432	→
Port Stephens	Area	58,509	62,132	67,214	71,115	75,328	80,070	→
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional	Area	44,289	50,070	54,844	57,790	63,404	67,633	→
Randwick	City	124,456	125,346	137,792	148,922	135,219	146,484	→
Richmond Valley	Area	21,014	21,728	22,717	23,256	23,595	24,044	→
Ryde	City	98,516	100,344	108,712	121,270	129,813	141,693	→
Shellharbour	City	59,383	62,243	66,218	70,391	76,492	83,228	→
Shoalhaven	City	86,856	90,505	96,203	101,942	108,550	111,755	→
Singleton	Area	21,066	22,535	23,523	23,576	24,725	25,841	→
Snowy Monaro Regional	Area	19,440	20,008	20,386	20,558	21,667	22,396	→
Snowy Valleys (Tumut - Tumbarumba)	Area	15,084	14,684	14,756	14,611	14,900	15,058	→
Strathfield	Area	29,253	33,030	37,239	42,415	45,963	49,203	→
Sutherland Shire	Area	212,458	211,230	220,250	226,461	230,994	241,327	→
Sydney	City	128,901	164,597	183,281	222,717	214,703	241,797	→
Tamworth Regional	Area	53,557	54,887	58,228	60,990	63,670	66,403	→
Temora	Area	6,288	6,008	5,953	6,210	6,013	6,050	→
Tenterfield	Area	6,842	6,666	6,990	6,697	6,800	7,188	→
The Hills Shire	Area	...	136,015	147,779	162,975	192,660	222,675	→
Tweed	Area	73,980	81,531	88,437	93,742	97,216	101,044	→
Unincorporated Far West	Unincorporated Area	854	738	727	698	576	533	→
Upper Hunter Shire	Area	13,430	13,333	14,206	14,344	14,258	14,425	→
Upper Lachlan Shire	Area	7,210	7,209	7,422	7,853	8,494	9,005	→
Uralla	Area	6,052	5,894	6,241	6,147	5,992	6,179	→
Wagga Wagga	City	56,280	58,518	61,781	63,906	67,891	69,108	→
Walcha	Area	3,282	3,259	3,119	3,130	3,019	2,989	→
Walgett	Area	8,261	7,129	6,797	6,317	5,588	5,437	→
Warren	Area	3,293	2,814	2,862	2,797	2,584	2,606	→
Warrumbungle Shire	Area	10,762	10,034	9,898	9,562	9,256	9,246	→
Waverley	Area	62,853	64,294	68,698	72,013	69,397	73,345	→
Weddin	Area	3,826	3,722	3,759	3,677	3,592	3,558	→
Wentworth	Area	7,156	6,926	6,837	6,932	7,490	7,982	→
Willoughby	City	61,399	66,481	71,139	77,888	76,044	80,520	→
Wingecarribee	Area	42,384	43,532	46,126	48,998	52,489	53,840	→
Wollondilly	Area	38,178	40,969	44,607	49,854	54,196	62,080	→
Wollongong	City	188,275	190,909	202,068	210,394	214,700	224,327	→
Woollahra	Area	52,677	52,995	56,320	57,744	53,910	55,218	→
Yass Valley	Area	12,002	13,500	15,615	16,568	17,240	17,663	→
Australia	Commonwealth	19,274,701	20,450,966	22,340,024	24,190,907	25,685,412	27,613,654

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Explanation: The population structure presents census results; unlike the estimates, they are not adjusted for underenumeration.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2024)
Males	4,217,861
Females	4,261,453

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-14 years	1,489,028
15-64 years	5,490,199
65+ years	1,500,087

Age Distribution (E 2024)
80+ years	390,210
70-79 years	679,807
60-69 years	914,052
50-59 years	991,368
40-49 years	1,076,201
30-39 years	1,236,118
20-29 years	1,187,770
10-19 years	1,033,489
0-9 years	970,299

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Australia	5,277,591
New Zealand	118,527
British Isles	293,609
Chinese Asia	310,268
South Asia	383,460
South-East Asia	350,250
Other country	910,840

Language (C 2021)
English	5,457,982
Other language	2,146,080

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Indigenous	278,043
Non-Indigenous	7,404,499

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	3,844,453
Muslims	349,240
Buddhists	222,770
Hindus	273,780
Jews	40,249
Other religion / belief	87,200
Secular / no religion	2,679,783

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