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==Demographics== At the 2021 census, there were 247,068 people in the Greater Hobart.{{r|ABS}} The [[City of Hobart]] local government area had a population of 55,077. As of 2021, the median weekly household income was $1,542, compared with $1,746 nationally.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |title=2021 Greater Hobart, Census All persons QuickStats |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015058/https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |url-status=live }}</ref> 18.1% of households total weekly income is less than $650 week, while 18.9% of households weekly income exceeds $3,000. This compares to national rates of 16.5% and 24.3% respectively. 35.4% of renting households, and 10.3% of owned households with a mortgage experience [[housing stress]], where rent or mortgage repayments exceed 30% of income. At the 2016 census, The most common occupation categories were professionals (22.6%), clerical and administrative workers (14.7%), technicians and trades workers (13.3%), community and personal service workers (12.8%), and managers (11.3%). ===Ancestry and immigration=== {| class="wikitable" style="float:right;" |+ Country of birth (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |title=2021 Greater Hobart, Census All persons QuickStats |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015058/https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |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]] || 189,218 |- | [[England]] || 8,155<!-- England and Scotland are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine --> |- | [[Mainland China]] || 5,544<!-- Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau SARs are listed separately as per the source. Do not combine --> |- | [[Nepal]] || 4,107 |- | [[India]] || 4,074 |- | [[New Zealand]] || 2,108 |- | [[Philippines]] || 1,165 |} 4.5% of the population (11,216 people) are [[Indigenous Australians]] ([[Aboriginal Australians]] and [[Torres Strait Islanders]]).{{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>{{Cite web |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |title=2021 Greater Hobart, Census All persons QuickStats |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015058/https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated ancestry groups include: {{columns-list|colwidth=13em| * [[English Australians|English]] (42.5%) * [[Australians|Australian]] (37.6%){{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=Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia |first=James |last=Jupp |date=1 January 1995 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=22 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]] (10.7%) * [[Scottish Australians|Scottish]] (9.4%) * [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] (4.1%){{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.}} * [[German Australians|German]] (3.7%) * [[Chinese Australians|Chinese]] (3.7%) * [[Dutch Australians|Dutch]] (2%) * [[Italian Australians|Italian]] (1.9%) * [[Nepalese Australians|Nepalese]] (1.8%)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/microdata-tablebuilder/tablebuilder#how-to-access |title=TableBuilder |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |date=19 November 2021 |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930031219/https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/microdata-tablebuilder/tablebuilder#how-to-access |url-status=live }}</ref> }} 23.4% of the population was born overseas at the 2021 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from [[England]] (3.3%), [[Mainland China]] (2.2%), [[Nepal]] (1.7%), [[India]] (1.6%) and [[New Zealand]] (0.9%).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |title=2021 Greater Hobart, Census All persons QuickStats |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015058/https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Language=== At the 2021 census, 82.6% of the population spoke only [[Australian English|English]] at home. The other languages most commonly spoken at home were [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] (2.6%), [[Nepali language|Nepali]] (1.8%), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (0.7%), [[Cantonese]] (0.5%) and [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] (0.4%).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |title=2021 Greater Hobart, Census All persons QuickStats |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015058/https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/601 |url-status=live }}</ref> === Religion === [[File:Hobart convict era Church - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[St David's Cathedral, Hobart|St David's Cathedral]]]] In the 2021 census, 49.9% of Greater Hobart residents specified [[Irreligion|no religion]]. Christianity comprised the largest religious affiliation (37.1%), with the largest denominations being Anglicanism (14.1%) and Catholicism (14.1%). Hinduism (2.6%), Buddhism (1.3%), Islam (1.3%) and Sikhism (0.6%) constitute the remaining largest religious affiliations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/6GHOB |title=2021 Greater Hobart, Census Community Profile |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015101/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/6GHOB |url-status=live }}</ref> Hobart has a small community of 456 members<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/6GHOB |title=2021 Greater Hobart, Census Community Profile |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015101/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/6GHOB |url-status=live }}</ref> of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], with meetinghouses in [[Glenorchy, Tasmania|Glenorchy]], [[Rosny, Tasmania|Rosny]], and [[Huonville, Tasmania|Glen Huon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2009-10-15/country-information-australia-34482 |title=Country information: Australia |website=LDS Church News |date=15 October 2009 |access-date=18 July 2019 |archive-date=1 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201133425/https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2009-10-15/country-information-australia-34482 |url-status=live }}</ref> There is also a [[Hobart Synagogue|synagogue]], with a Jewish community of 203 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0019_0_19624.html |title=Tasmania |website=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105200/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0019_0_19624.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/6GHOB |title=2021 Greater Hobart, Census Community Profile |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015101/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/6GHOB |url-status=live }}</ref> Hobart has a [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] community, with a Baháʼí Centre of Learning, located within the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tasbcl.com.au/ |title=Welcome |website=The Baha’i Centre of Learning for Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226194140/http://www.tasbcl.com.au/ |archive-date=26 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, [[Hillsong Church]] established a Hillsong Connect campus in Hobart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hillsong.com/australia/hobart/ |title=Hillsong Hobart |website=Hillsong Church |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304190828/https://hillsong.com/australia/hobart/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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