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==Demographics== [[File:2 christ church cathedral.jpg|alt=|thumb|The [[Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle|Christ Church Cathedral]] is home to the [[Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia)|Anglican Diocese of Newcastle]].]] The metropolitan area of Newcastle is the second-most-populous area in New South Wales to [[Sydney]]. What is generally labelled as the 'Greater Newcastle Area' includes the LGAs of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock and Port Stephens. In 2021 this region had a total population of 682,465.<ref>Census 2021</ref> Of people in the Newcastle metropolitan area, 83.6 per cent were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, China 0.7%, India 0.5% and Philippines 0.4%. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population. 88.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.7%, Macedonian 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Greek 0.3% and Cantonese 0.3%. The most common responses for religion in Newcastle were No Religion 31.1%, Catholic 21.7% and Anglican 19.2%.<ref name="2016pop">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=UCL102004|name=Newcastle (Urban Centre/Locality)|access-date=3 November 2017|quick=on}}</ref> Newcastle is often quoted as being the [[List of cities in Australia by population|seventh-largest city in Australia]]. This is misleading as the area represented extends well beyond both the City of Newcastle and the Newcastle metropolitan area. The area, officially the Newcastle Statistical District, is referred to as [[List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales|Greater Newcastle]] or the Lower Hunter Region, which includes most parts of the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Cessnock, Maitland and Port Stephens local government areas and, as of 30 June 2009, has an estimated population of 540,796.<ref name="2006SDmap" /><ref name="gnbhunter" /><ref>{{cite web |date=30 March 2010 |title=3218.0 Population Estimates by Statistical District, 2001 to 2009 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&32180ds0004_2001-09.xls&3218.0&Data%20Cubes&AA7D3AF7B728C481CA2576F50011B0D8&0&2008-09&30.03.2010&Latest |access-date=5 November 2010 |work=3218.0 β Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008β09 |publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |archive-date=21 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221050111/https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/WebPages/Attachment+Not+Found |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite their proximity, all of the LGAs in the region maintain their own individual identities, separate from Newcastle. The population of the suburb of Newcastle is 3,852 as of the 2021 census.<ref>{{cite news |title=Newcastle - 2021 Census All persons QuickStats |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL12958 |accessdate=21 July 2023 |publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008101142/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL12958 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[demonym]] for the people of Newcastle is "Novocastrian", derived from Latin ''novus'' (new) and ''castra'' (castle or fort).
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