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City of Liverpool: brief profile
This profile uses ABS Census information. Met-ropolitan Sydney is used as a comparison to better illustrate some key characteristics of Liverpool.
Population growth
• Liverpool’s population stood at 164,603 in 2006. It grew by 7 per cent or over 10,000 people between 2001 and 2006.
• In 10 years to 2006, Liverpool experienced the largest population growth in NSW with 44,767 additional people (Blacktown was next with 40,109 additional people).
• NSW Government population projections suggest Liverpool will reach a population of about 266,000 people in 2033.
Age
• Liverpool’s people are proportionally much younger in all age groups to 45 years, while Sydney’s people are older in age groups over 45 years.
Age Birthplace, culture and religion
• 62,167 people were born overseas: at 38 per cent of the overall population, this is much higher than Sydney’s 31 per cent. They come from 157 birthplaces.
• The four largest overseas birthplaces in Liv-erpool (Fiji 5,298, Vietnam 4,558, Iraq 3,345 and Lebanon 3,264) are proportionally far more prevalent than in Sydney.
• Liverpool’s people are more likely than Syd-ney’s to speak a language other than English at home. 75,491 people did so in 2006, speaking 147 languages.
• The main languages spoken ŻArabic, Vietnamese, Hindi and ItalianŻare also far more prevalent than in Sydney.
• The Aboriginal population is equally repre-sented in Liverpool and Sydney at around 1 per cent of the total population.
• Liverpool’s Catholic population is substan-tially larger and its Anglican smaller. Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism are fast growing and more prevalent than in Sydney.
Families
• The predominant form of family in Liverpool is the couple with children at 57 per cent of all families compared to 49 per cent in Sydney. One parent families are slightly more represented in Liverpool than in Sydney. Seventy-two per cent of Liverpool’s population in 2006 lived in a family with children.
Dwellings and households
• Separate houses are far more prevalent in Liverpool at 77 per cent of all dwellings to 62 per cent in Sydney. Flats, units and apart-ments are more common in Sydney.
• The overall rate of home ownership is similar at 62 per cent of all dwellings; Liverpool has a lower rate of outright ownership and a higher rate of housing being purchased.
• Liverpool has more public housing, which has declined from a fifth of all dwellings in 1991 to less than a tenth in 2006.
Income and housing expenditure
• Median weekly individual, family and house-hold income are slightly lower in Liverpool than in Sydney but the median monthly housing loan repayment is similar.
Education
• Liverpool’s people are less likely to hold bachelor or postgraduate degrees even though the proportion of people with these qualifications is rapidly increasing.
Income and housing expenditure
• Median weekly individual, family and house-hold income are slightly lower in Liverpool than in Sydney but the median monthly housing loan repayment is similar.
Education
• Liverpool’s people are less likely to hold bachelor or postgraduate degrees even though the proportion of people with these qualifications is rapidly increasing.
Work
• Liverpool’s people are more likely to be in trades and less likely to be occupied as managers or professionals. Other occupa-tions are broadly similar.
• 69 per cent of Liverpool’s working people rely on the private car rather than public transport to get to work, much higher than for Sydneysiders generally at 59 per cent.
• About 70 per cent of working residents have jobs outside Liverpool
• At 2006 Census Liverpool’s unemployment rate of 7.1 per cent was substantially higher than Sydney’s 5.3 per cent.
Internet connection at home
• Internet connection at home in Liverpool lags behind Sydney (61 to 66 per cent of all oc-cupied private dwellings).
See http://www.id.com.au/profile/Default.aspx?id=145 for more useful and detailed information on Liverpool
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