Editing Geelong (section)

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear: right; margin:7px; text-size:80%; text-align:right"
|-
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Population over time<ref name="gex150" />
|-
|1841
|454
|-
|1846
|2,065
|-
|1851
|8,291
|-
|1854
|20,115
|-
|1861
|22,929
|-
|1891
|17,445
|-
|1901
|25,017
|-
|1907
|28,021
|-
|1921
|31,689
|-
|1933
|39,223
|-
|1946
|51,000
|-
|1954
|72,995
|-
|1961
|91,666
|-
|1966
|105,059
|-
|1976
|122,080
|-
|1981
|141,279
|-
|1988
|146,349
|-
| 2006
| 160,991
|-
| 2009
| 179,971
|-
| 2010
| 184,583
|}

As of the 2006 [[census]], 160,000 people resided in 68,000 households. The [[median (statistics)|median]] age of persons in Geelong was 37 years. About 19.4% of the population of Geelong were children aged between 0–14 years, and 26.6% were persons aged 55 years and over.<ref name="2011 Census QuickStat">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL203001|name=Geelong|quick=on}}</ref> Each dwelling is on average occupied by 2.59 persons, slightly lower than the state and national averages.<ref name="coggdec2007">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Media_Releases/Solid_economic_growth_driving_Geelong_prosperity/ 
 |title=Solid economic growth driving Geelong prosperity 
 |work=City of Greater Geelong website 
 |date=4 December 2007 
 |access-date=2007-12-29 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216204006/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Media_Releases/Solid_economic_growth_driving_Geelong_prosperity/ 
 |archive-date=16 December 2007 
 |url-status=live 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> The median household income was $901 per week, $121 less than the state average, partly due to higher reliance on manufacturing for employment.<ref name="coggdec2007" /> The population of Geelong is growing by 2500 people each year,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2007/12/07/9510_news.html
|title=Geelong's population surges
|date=7 December 2007
|work=[[Geelong Advertiser]] website
|access-date=2007-12-29}}</ref> and the City of Greater Geelong had the highest rate of building activity in Victoria outside metropolitan Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/bc348d5912436a9cca256cfc0082d800/d3a895de9a7a63b1ca256fa500247ee5!OpenDocument
 |title        = GEELONG REGION CONTINUES TO GROW
 |work         = Press release from the state Minister of Planning
 |date         = 10 February 2005
 |access-date   = 2007-12-29
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112140802/http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/bc348d5912436a9cca256cfc0082d800/d3a895de9a7a63b1ca256fa500247ee5!OpenDocument
 |archive-date = 12 January 2012
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>

About 78.4% of people from Geelong are Australian-born, with the most common overseas birthplaces being: [[England]] (3.6%), [[Italy]] (1.1%), [[Croatia]] (1.0%), the [[Netherlands]] (0.9%), and [[Scotland]] (0.8%). Around 14.2% of households speak a language other than [[English (language)|English]] in the home.<ref name="2011 Census QuickStat" /> Notable ethnic groups in the city are the [[Croats|Croatian]] community, who first came to the city in the 1850s<ref>{{Cite book
  | last = Šutalo
  | first = Ilija
  | title = Croatians in Australia: Pioneers, Settlers and Their Descendants
  | publisher = Wakefield Press
  | year= 2004
  | isbn = 1-86254-651-7 }}</ref> and with migration since World War II are now the largest Croatian community in Australia,<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://newgeneration.croatianherald.com/Feature/tabid/98/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2151/Federal-Elections-2007.aspx
 |title        = Geelong Croatian voters to have significant say in Corio electorate
 |first        = Tonci
 |last         = Prusac
 |work         = The New Generation (Croatian Herald English supplement)
 |date         = 28 October 2007
 |access-date   = 2007-12-29
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080721001831/http://www.newgeneration.croatianherald.com/Feature/tabid/98/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2151/Federal-Elections-2007.aspx
 |archive-date = 21 July 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> and the German settlers who founded Germantown (now Grovedale) in 1849 to escape repression in [[Prussia]] for their [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] faith.<ref name="southbarwon">{{Cite book
  | last = Pescott
  | first = John
  | title = South Barwon 1857–1985
  | publisher = Neptune Press
  | isbn = 0-949583-53-7
  | year = 1985 }}</ref>
The 2006 census found the most common religious affiliation in Geelong was [[Catholic Church in Australia|Catholicism]] at 29.4%. [[St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, Geelong|St. Mary of the Angels Basilica]] is the largest congregation in the city. Other affiliations of resident of Geelong include [[Irreligion|no religion]] 20.5%, [[Anglican]] 14.6%, [[Uniting Church]] 7.9%, and [[List of Presbyterian denominations in Australia|Presbyterian and Reformed]] at 4.3%.<ref name="abs">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=2024|name=Geelong (VIC) (Statistical District)|quick=on}}</ref> The city has a large number of traditional Christian churches, as well as [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] churches in the northern suburbs.