Editing Canberra (section)

==Demographics==
{{main|Demographics of Canberra}}
[[File:Belconnen Apartments - DSC07473-HDR.jpg|thumb|High-density residential apartments in [[Belconnen]]; Canberra has one of the fastest growing populations in the nation<ref name=":6" />]]
At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the population of Canberra was 453,558,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Regional population, 2021 |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/regional-population/latest-release |url-status=live |access-date=11 September 2022 |archive-date=16 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916130045/https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/regional-population/latest-release}}</ref> up from 395,790 at the 2016 census,<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=UCL802001|name=Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part)
 |access-date=29 October 2017|quick=on }}</ref> and 355,596 at the {{CensusAU|2011}}.<ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL802001|name=Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part)
 |access-date=29 October 2017|quick=on }}</ref> Canberra has been the fastest-growing city in Australia in recent years, having grown 23.3% from 2011 to 2021.<ref name=":6" />

Canberrans are relatively young, highly [[Population mobility|mobile]] and well educated. The median age is 35 years and only 12.7% of the population is aged over 65 years.<ref name = "Census2016" /> Between 1996 and 2001, 61.9% of the population either moved to or from Canberra, which was the second highest mobility rate of any Australian capital city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/812343b3e6694d5dca256d3c0001f4c9?OpenDocument |title=Australian Demographic Statistics, Dec 2002 |date=5 June 2003 |publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=7 June 2010 |archive-date=9 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609122038/http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/812343b3e6694d5dca256d3c0001f4c9?OpenDocument |url-status=live}}</ref> As at May 2017, 43% of ACT residents (25–64) had a level of educational attainment equal to at least a [[bachelor's degree]], significantly higher that the national average of 31%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/6227.0May%202017?OpenDocument |title=6227.0 – Education and Work, Australia, May 2017 |date=6 November 2017 |publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=8 December 2017 |archive-date=8 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208231421/http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/6227.0May%202017?OpenDocument |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to statistics collected by the [[National Australia Bank]] and reported in ''The Canberra Times'', Canberrans on average give significantly more money to charity than Australians in other states and territories, for both dollar giving and as a proportion of income.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/sweet-charity-territory-leads-in-giving-20131103-2wv1f.html |title=Sweet charity: territory leads in giving |date=4 November 2013 |newspaper=The Canberra Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104074239/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/sweet-charity-territory-leads-in-giving-20131103-2wv1f.html |archive-date=4 November 2013 |publisher=Fairfax Media}}</ref>

===Ancestry and immigration===
[[File:Canberra Candle Festival 2016 (203914161).jpeg|left|thumb|The annual Canberra Nara Candle Festival]]
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;"
|+ Country of birth (2016)<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au">{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/communityprofile/8ACTE?opendocument |title=2016 Census Community Profiles: Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 October 2021 |archive-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813031658/https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/communityprofile/8ACTE?opendocument |url-status=live}}</ref>
! Birthplace{{refn|group="N"|In accordance with the Australian Bureau of Statistics source, [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Mainland China]] and the Special Administrative Regions of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] are listed separately}} !! Population
|-
| [[Australia]] ||269,682
|-
| [[England]] ||12,739 <!-- England and Scotland are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine -->
|-
| [[Mainland China]] ||11,334 <!-- Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau SARs are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine -->
|-
| [[India]] ||10,405
|-
| [[New Zealand]] ||4,722
|-
| [[Philippines]] ||3,789
|-
| [[Vietnam]] ||3,340
|-
| [[United States]] ||2,775
|-
| [[Sri Lanka]] ||2,774
|-
| [[Malaysia]] ||2,431
|-
| [[South Korea]] ||2,283
|}

At the 2016 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:{{refn|group="N"|As a percentage of 373,561 persons who nominated their ancestry at the 2016 census.}}<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/> <!-- Only ancestries with >1% are listed. Do not use the QuickStats data from ABS for ancestries. Use the full ancestry data series (eg from ABS Community Profiles series) as the QuickStats data shows each ancestry as a percentage of all ancestry responses (where each person can list up to two, thus a far greater number than the total population) while the full data series in the ABS Community Profiles show the percentage of people nominating a given ancestry as a percentage of the population who nominated an ancestry -->
{{columns-list|colwidth=13em|
*[[English Australians|English]] (35%)
*[[Australians|Australian]] (34%){{refn|group="N"|The Australian Bureau of Statistics has stated that most who nominate "Australian" as their ancestry are part of the [[Anglo-Celtic Australian|Anglo-Celtic]] group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/49f609c83cf34d69ca2569de0025c182!OpenDocument |title=Feature Article - Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article) |first=c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=Australian Bureau of |last=Statistics |website=www.abs.gov.au |date=January 1995 |access-date=16 June 2019 |archive-date=20 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420205113/http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/49f609c83cf34d69ca2569de0025c182%21OpenDocument |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
*[[Irish Australians|Irish]] (14%)
*[[Scottish Australians|Scottish]] (11%)
*[[Chinese Australians|Chinese]] (6%)
*[[German Australians|German]] (4.7%)
*[[Indian Australians|Indian]] (3.9%)
*[[Italian Australians|Italian]] (3.5%)
*[[Dutch Australians|Dutch]] (1.7%)
*[[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] (1.6%){{refn|group="N"|Of any ancestry. Includes those identifying as [[Aboriginal Australians]] or [[Torres Strait Islanders]]. Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.}}
*[[Filipino Australians|Filipino]] (1.3%)
*[[Vietnamese Australians|Vietnamese]] (1.3%)
*[[Greek Australians|Greek]] (1.3%)
*[[Croatian Australians|Croatian]] (1.2%)
*[[Polish Australians|Polish]] (1.1%)
}}

The 2016 census showed that 32% of Canberra's inhabitants were [[Immigration to Australia|born overseas]].<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/> Of inhabitants born outside Australia, the most prevalent countries of birth were England, China, India, New Zealand and the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/8ACTE?opendocument |title=2016 Census QuickStats: Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 October 2021 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119012713/https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/8ACTE?opendocument |url-status=live}}</ref>

1.6% of the population, or 6,476 people, identified as [[Indigenous Australians]] ([[Aboriginal Australians]] and [[Torres Strait Islanders]]) in 2016.{{refn|group="N"|Of any ancestry. Includes those identifying as [[Aboriginal Australians]] or [[Torres Strait Islanders]]. Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.}}<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/>

===Language===
At the 2016 census, 72.7% of people spoke only English at home. The other languages most commonly spoken at home were [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] (3.1%), [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] (1.1%), [[Cantonese]] (1%), [[Hindi]] (0.9%) and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (0.8%).<ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/>

=== Religion ===
On census night in 2016, approximately 50.0% of ACT residents described themselves as Christian (excluding not stated responses), the most common denominations being [[Catholic Church in Australia|Catholic]] and [[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]; 36.2% described themselves as having no religion.<ref name="Census2016" />