Population Profile

Wyong Shire’s Community Profile allows Council, residents, businesses, investors and students to get information about the community.

Who makes up our community?

Data from the Census helps identify who we are, what we do and how we live. By looking at trends from the past four Censuses we can also view the Shire’s changing social, economic and cultural profile.

The Community Profile enables Council, community groups, business, investors, students and interested residents to access information about our community.

The on line Community Profile has census information about the Shire and 25 smaller geographical areas within the shire that cover either a suburb or groupings of suburbs. These show significant diversity within the Shire.

This data is updated every five years as information is released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The Community Profile includes results from the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. 

This information helps with informed decision making for planning and service delivery. It can be easily used in planning documents, reports, presentations and funding applications. Online downloadable reports for small areas are also available.

The on line Community Atlas includes key social characteristics for Wyong Shire presented as interactive maps.

Population Forecasts

On-line Population Forecasts provide information on: projected population changes, how many people will live here, how old will we be and what type of households we’ll live in.

Forecasts are available for each year from 2006 to 2031 for Wyong Shire and 10 Social Planning Districts.

These forecasts help Council make evidence-based decisions about future planning and resource allocation.

Contact Council’s Community and Cultural Planning Team on (02) 4350 5194 for additional Census information or assistance with these on-line resources.

Central Coast: Profile & Social Atlas

This provides statistics from 1991 to 2001. The information is presented in chapters that represent major social areas. This provides statistics from 1991 to 2001. The information is presented in chapters that represent major social areas.

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Download Documents:

• Table of Contents (113.19 KB)
• Chapters 1 and 2 (1.18 MB) - Introduction and The Central Coast
• Chapter 3 (266.60 KB) - Population Growth
• Chapter 4 (110.45 KB) - Demography
• Chapter 5 (585.63 KB) - Families and Household Composition
• Chapter 6 (1.42 MB) - Population Groups
• Chapter 8 (563.54 KB) - Housing
• Chapter 9 (1.11 MB) - Education
• Chapter 10 (1.16 MB) - Labour Force, industry and Income 
• Chapter 11 (432.14 KB) - Travel
• Chapter 12 (109.53 KB) - Crime
• Chapter 13 (90.80 KB) - Leisure and Participation
• Chapter 14 (90.61 KB) - Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
• Glossary (112.96 KB)
• Appendices contents and Appendix A - Population by Suburb 1996 and 2001 (82.56 KB)
• Appendix B - Population projections - Wyong Shire (142.67 KB)
• Appendix C - DIPNR interium population projections for the Central Coast, Gosford and Wyong (136.00 KB)
• Appendix D - Locality Data for Wyong Shire (126.78 KB)
• Appendix E - Locality data for Gosford City (109.43 KB)
• Appendix F - Technical infromation relating to social atlas maps (42.25 KB)