Sydney Population 2024

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Sydney is the most densely populated city in Australia and is also the busiest city in Australia. Sydney population in 2024 is estimated to be 5.33 million, covering area of 12,368 sq km. According to Australia Bureau of Statistics, population in 2020 is 5,367,206. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. The median age of Sydney residents was 35 years, and households comprised an average of 2.7 members. European settlement in Sydney began in 1788 and the population was less than 1,000, and by 1851 its population was 39,000, and half a million people by 1900. By 2016, Average people per household is 2.8, Median weekly household income is $1,750, Median monthly mortgage repayments is $2,167, Median weekly rent is $440 and average motor vehicles per dwelling is 1.7.

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The City of Sydney or Greater Sydney metropolitan is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The areas of larger growth in Sydney metropolitan of Blacktown region of Riverstone - Marsden Park population in 2020 is 40,713 against 8,856 people in 2019. The South West region Cobbitty - Leppington population in 2020 is 37,043 against 4,897 against 8,856 people in 2019. The Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury region of Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills population in 2020 is 36,078 against 4,403 against 8,856 people in 2019.

The Greater Sydney or City of Sydney areas as per 2020 population estimates

Sydney Population Ranking & Density

According to stat, The population of Sydney in 2016 census is 5 million and 5.3 million in 2020, median age for male is 35.1 and female is 36.6 and working age population between 15 years and 64 years is 67.5 percent of population in 2019. Sydney population in 2023 is estimated to be 5.28 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 5.26 million, Population of Sydney in 2021 is estimated to be 5.23 million.

Religion wise Sydney Population

Religious affiliation as per 2016 Census, In 2016, 28.3% of Sydney residents identified themselves as Catholic, whilst 24.9% stated no religion. Additionally, 5.3% were Muslim, 3.9% were Buddhist, 3.5% were Hindu, and 0.7% were Jewish.

Sydney Language demographics

Salaries in Sydney

47% of the population in Sydney earns between $500 to $ 2000 per week. A person working in Sydney typically earns between $60,000 to $96,000 per year. This is the average yearly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. 6.1% of the Sydney population earn between $2000 to $3000 weekly, 4.1% earn above $3000 weekly. By 2021 The average salary in Sydney, is $76,000 (Australian dollars). Below is the table of Total personal income (weekly) for persons aged 15 years and over:

Families by type

According to 2016 ACB, Total families are 1.24 million, out of these of 501,235 couple families with children under 15 years of age and or dependent students. 116,187 are couples with no dependent children, 416,588 are couples without children.Average family size is 3.1.

Sydney Marital Status

Social marital status & registered marital status in Sydney for persons aged 15 years and over as per 2011 and 2016 census. 49.3% are married, 35.5% are never married, 4.7% are widowed, 7.6% are divorced and 2.8% are sepearated.

Sydney Rentals

Sydney Rent and mortgage payments: House rents in Sydney are constantly increasing for the last five years, and has always been known for its high property prices, those sky-high prices have hiked even more as demand goes through the roof. The most expensive place to buy a house in Sydney is only few kilometres away from the CBD, they are Darling Point, Bellevue Hill, Vaucluse, Double Bay, Centennial Park and Woolwich. The Average monthly rent in Sydney is $1,996, Some of the cheapest suburbs to rent apartment monthly between $1000 to $2000 are Belmore, Belfield, Campsie, Ashfield, Burwood and Croydon. Concord west, Five Dock, Dulwich Hill, Summer Hill, Haberfield has between $1500 to $2500 for renting two-bedroom apartment.