Sydney

Contents: Major Urban Area

The population development of Sydney as well as related information and services (weather, Wikipedia, Google, images).

Name	Population Census 2001-08-07	Population Census 2006-08-08	Population Census 2011-08-09	Population Census 2016-08-09	Population Census 2021-08-11
Sydney	3,486,213	3,673,682	3,912,489	4,321,534	4,698,656	→

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).

Explanation: Different methods of counting and boundaries changes impair the comparability between population figures of different censuses. The 2021 figures refer to 2021 boundaries.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	2,324,431
Females	2,374,220

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	1,024,305
18-64 years	2,991,417
65+ years	682,915

Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years	37,478
80-89 years	142,374
70-79 years	300,201
60-69 years	443,764
50-59 years	554,970
40-49 years	642,386
30-39 years	769,920
20-29 years	679,450
10-19 years	549,069
0-9 years	579,025

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Australia	2,548,914
Other country	1,935,675

Language (C 2021)
English	2,532,072
Other language	1,914,464

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Indigenous	67,668
Non-Indigenous	4,429,877

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	2,114,519
Muslims	325,846
Buddhists	195,057
Hindus	250,322
Jews	37,190
Other religion / belief	64,725
Secular / no religion	1,402,409

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