Who are we in 2008?

who are we in 2008?

• The City of Blacktown covers 247 square kilometres.

• Blacktown has a population of approximately 300,000 persons, an increase of 6.5% since 2001.

• 24.6% of our population are children aged between 0-14 years.

• 17.4% are persons aged 55 years and over.

• The median age across the City is 32 years.

• 84% of our community are Australian citizens and 34.3% were born overseas.

• The top five countries of birth outside of Australia are the Philippines (5.9%), India (2.7%), New Zealand (2.4%), England (2.3%) and Fiji (2.0%).

• 38% of households speak a language other than English with the most common being Tagalog, Arabic, Hindi, Filipino and Samoan.

• Total number of dwellings is 93,412.

• 53.3% of households are couples with children.

• Around 1 in 73 Australians reside in Blacktown.