Merewether - The Junction

Statistical Area in Newcastle-Maitland

Contents: Population

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 1996-06-30	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 2024-06-30
Merewether - The Junction	Statistical Area	12,684	12,648	13,169	13,577	14,238	14,218	14,510	14,808
Newcastle - Maitland	Significant Urban Area	387,210	396,094	412,810	426,711	453,265	475,716	510,175	534,033

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Explanation: All areas according to the definition of 2021. The population structure presents census results; unlike the estimates, they are not adjusted for underenumeration.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	7,152
Females	7,353

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	2,984
18-64 years	9,092
65+ years	2,430

Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years	134
80-89 years	500
70-79 years	1,053
60-69 years	1,706
50-59 years	1,926
40-49 years	1,945
30-39 years	1,707
20-29 years	2,204
10-19 years	1,866
0-9 years	1,465

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Australia	12,323
New Zealand	152
British Isles	536
Chinese Asia	62
South Asia	104
South-East Asia	130
Other country	774

Language (C 2021)
English	13,169
Other language	906

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Indigenous	312
Non-Indigenous	13,804

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	6,737
Muslim	31
Buddhist	110
Hindu	71
Jew	31
Other religion / belief	34
Secular / no religion	6,794

Located in:

Newcastle - Maitland significant urban area

Related to:

Newcastle city