Population Information

Demographic information about SESIAHS residents from 2006 census

Local Government Area (LGA)	Total LGA Population	Total born overseas (%)¹	Top overseas countries of birth (non-English speaking)²	Top overseas countries of birth (% of total born overseas)	Top 5 languages (other than English)	Speaking top 5 languages at home (%)	Total non English speaking at home (%)³	Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%)	Carers (total numbers)
Botany	35,993	41.5	Bangladesh Greece China Indonesia Philippines	35.1	Greek Spanish Bengali Cantonese Arabic	19	49.9	1.8	2,826
Hurstville	73,725	37.3	China Hong Kong Greece Macedonia Lebanon	56	Cantonese Mandarin Greek Arabic Macedonian	30.3	47.9	0.5	6,260
Kiama	18,985	12.7	Italy Germany Netherlands China Malta	39.1	Italian German Greek Cantonese Spanish	1.7	6.5	1.1	1,863
Kogarah	52,537	37.5	China Greece Hong Kong Macedonia Lebanon	53.6	Greek Mandarin Cantonese Arabic Macedonian	40	49.0	0.3	4,710
Randwick	119,884	35.7	China Indonesia Hong Kong Greece Malaysia	38.3	Greek Cantonese Mandarin Indonesian Italian	15	37.2	1.2	9,002
Rockdale	92,126	50.3	China Greece Macedonia Lebanon Italy	46.8	Greek Arabic Macedonia Cantonese Mandarin	32.6	58	0.5	7,381
Shellharbour	60,337	18.3	Macedonia Germany Spain Italy Netherlands	45.8	Macedonian Spanish Italian German Greek	6.2	14.9	2.3	5,395
Shoalhaven	88,405	12.6	Germany Netherlands Italy Malta Philippines	43.1	Italian German Greek Dutch Spanish	1.6	7.9	3.7	8,525
Sutherland	205,448	16.5	China Italy Greece Egypt Germany	29.5	Greek Cantonese Arabic Italian Mandarin	5.4	14.4	0.6	17,829
Sydney (East) Statistical local area	46,739	30.5	China Thailand Germany Japan South Korea	27.7	Cantonese Mandarin Thai Italian Spanish	5.4	48.1	1.3	2,388
Waverley	60,715	34.6	Israel Hungary Russia Germany Ukraine	26.7	Russian Hebrew Italian Greek Spanish	7.4	33.6	0.3	4,296
Wollongong	184,212	21.5	Macedonia Italy China Germany Croatia	41.2	Macedonian Italian Greek Spanish Arabic	8.2	21.7	1.7	17,433
Woollahra	50,161	30.8	Hungary Germany China Hong Kong Poland	28	Greek Cantonese Italian French Hungarian	5.3	25.0	0.2	3,989

Notes

The total percentage of people born overseas Australia-wide is 29.1%
Overseas, predominantly English-speaking countries of birth excluded from this data are: England, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the USA
The total percentage of people speaking languages other than English at home Australia-wide is 21.5%