List of population demographics of New South Wales by local government area

This is a list of population demographics of New South Wales by local government area as at the 2016 census.^a

The local government area with the largest population was City of Canterbury-Bankstown with 346,302 people resident on census night; and the area with the smallest population was Lord Howe Island with 698.^a As at census night, the local government area with the largest population density was the City of Sydney with approximately 8,335 people per square kilometre; and the area with the smallest population density was the Unincorporated Far West with approximately 0.01 person per square kilometre.

Local government area	Region	Area			Population		Population density		References
		km^2	sq mi	Rank	2016 census	Rank	People/km^2	Rank
Albury, City of	Riverina	164	63	107	51,076	44	311.43	32	[1][2]
Armidale Regional Council	New England	8,621	3,329	27	29,449	60	3.42	79	[3]
Ballina Shire	Northern Rivers	484	187	92	41,790	50	86.34	40	[4]
Balranald Shire	Riverina	21,693	8,376	7	2,287	126	0.11	125	[5]
Bathurst Region	Central West	3,820	1,470	55	41,300	51	10.81	58	[6]
Bayside Council	St George-Sutherland	50	19	114	156,058	17	3,121.16	14	[7][8]
Bega Valley Shire	South Coast	6,279	2,424	37	33,253	57	5.30	68	[9]
Bellingen Shire	Mid North Coast	1,602	619	80	12,668	84	7.91	63	[10]
Berrigan Shire	Riverina	2,066	798	75	8,462	97	4.10	76	[11]
Blacktown, City of	Western Sydney	247	95	103	336,962	2	1,364.22	22	[12]
Bland Shire	Central West / Riverina	8,560	3,310	29	5,995	109	0.70	115	[13]
Blayney Shire	Central West	1,525	589	81	7,257	100	4.76	70	[14]
Blue Mountains, City of	Western Sydney / Blue Mountains	1,432	553	83	76,904	31	53.70	46	[15][16]
Bogan Shire	Orana	14,611	5,641	12	2,692	125	0.18	123	[17]
Bourke Shire	Orana	41,679	16,092	4	2,834	123	0.07	128	[18]
Brewarrina Shire	Orana	19,188	7,409	8	1,651	128	0.09	127	[19]
Broken Hill, City of	Far West	170	66	106	17,708	72	104.16	39	[20]
Burwood Council	Inner West	7	2.7	129	36,809	55	5,258.43	4	[21]
Byron Shire	Northern Rivers	567	219	91	31,556	58	55.65	45	[22]
Cabonne Shire	Central West	6,026	2,327	38	13,386	80	2.22	88	[23]
Camden Council	Macarthur	201	78	104	78,219	29	389.15	31	[24]
Campbelltown, City of	Macarthur	312	120	98	157,006	16	503.22	27	[25]
Canada Bay, City of	Inner West	20	7.7	121	88,015	27	4,400.75	8	[26]
Canterbury-Bankstown, City of	Western Sydney	72	28	112	346,302	1	4,809.75	6	[27][28]
Carrathool Shire	Central West / Riverina	18,933	7,310	9	2,719	124	0.14	124	[29]
Central Coast Council	Central Coast	1,681	649	78	327,736	3	194.96	37	[30][31]
Central Darling Shire	Far West	53,511	20,661	2	1,833	127	0.03	129	[32]
Cessnock, City of	Hunter	1,966	759	77	55,560	42	28.26	47	[33]
Clarence Valley Council	Northern Rivers	10,441	4,031	18	50,671	45	4.85	69	[34]
Cobar Shire	Orana	44,065	17,014	3	4,647	113	0.11	125	[35]
Coffs Harbour, City of	Mid North Coast	1,175	454	86	72944	33	62.08	44	[36]
Coolamon Shire	Riverina	2,433	939	73	4,315	114	1.77	94	[37]
Coonamble Shire	Orana	9,926	3,832	20	3,918	116	0.39	118	[38]
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council	Riverina	3,981	1,537	54	11,141	89	2.80	81	[39][40]
Cowra Shire	Central West	2,810	1,080	67	12,460	85	4.34	75	[41]
Cumberland Council	Western Sydney	72	28	112	216,079	7	3,001.10	15	[42][43]
Dubbo Regional Council	Orana	7,536	2,910	31	50,077	46	6.65	65	[44][45]
Dungog Shire	Hunter	2,251	869	74	8,975	93	3.99	78	[46]
Edward River Council	Riverina	8,881	3,429	25	8,851	95	1.00	107	[47][48]
Eurobodalla Shire	South Coast	3,428	1,324	59	37,232	54	10.86	57	[49]
Fairfield, City of	Western Sydney	102	39	109	198,817	11	1,949.19	20	[50]
Federation Council	Riverina	5,685	2,195	41	12,777	83	2.25	87	[51][52]
Forbes Shire	Central West	4,720	1,820	49	9,587	91	2.03	90	[53]
Georges River Council	St George-Sutherland	38	15	116	146,841	19	3,864.24	10	[54][55]
Gilgandra Shire	Orana	4,836	1,867	46	4,236	115	0.88	111	[56]
Glen Innes Severn Council	New England	5,487	2,119	42	8,836	96	1.61	96	[57]
Goulburn Mulwaree Council	Southern Tablelands	3,220	1,240	64	29,609	59	9.20	60	[58]
Greater Hume Shire	Riverina	5,746	2,219	40	10,351	90	1.80	93	[59]
Griffith, City of	Riverina	1,640	630	79	25,641	63	15.64	54	[60]
Gunnedah Shire	New England	4,994	1,928	45	12,215	86	2.45	85	[61]
Gwydir Shire	New England	9,453	3,650	22	5,258	112	0.56	116	[62]
Hawkesbury, City of	Western Sydney	2,793	1,078	69	64,592	38	23.13	49	[63][64]
Hay Shire	Riverina	11,326	4,373	16	2,946	121	0.26	120	[65]
Hills Shire, The	Hills District	401	155	95	157,243	15	392.13	30	[66]
Hilltops Council	Southern Tablelands	7,139	2,756	34	18,498	71	2.59	83	[67][68]
Hornsby Shire	North Shore / Northern Suburbs	462	178	93	142,667	20	308.80	33	[69]
Hunter's Hill, Municipality of	Northern Suburbs	6	2.3	130	13,999	79	2,333.17	19	[70]
Inner West Council	Inner West	35	14	118	182,043	14	5,201.23	5	[71][72]
Inverell Shire	New England	8,606	3,323	28	16,483	73	1.92	91	[73]
Junee Shire	Riverina	2,030	780	76	6,295	104	3.10	80	[74]
Kempsey Shire	Mid North Coast	3,380	1,310	62	28,885	61	8.55	62	[75]
Kiama, Municipality of	Illawarra	258	100	101	21,464	67	83.19	41	[76]
Ku-ring-gai Council	North Shore	86	33	110	118,053	22	1,372.71	21	[77]
Kyogle Council	Northern Rivers	3,589	1,386	58	8,940	94	2.49	84	[78]
Lachlan Shire	Central West	7,431	2,869	32	6,194	105	0.83	112	[79]
Lake Macquarie, City of	Hunter	648	250	90	197,371	12	304.58	34	[80]
Lane Cove, Municipality of	North Shore	11	4.2	125	36,051	56	3,277.36	11	[81]
Leeton Shire	Riverina	1,167	451	87	11,168	88	9.57	59	[82]
Lismore, City of	Northern Rivers	1,290	500	85	43,135	49	4.63	73	[83]
Lithgow, City of	Central West / Blue Mountains	4,551	1,757	51	21,090	68	4.63	73	[84]
Liverpool, City of	Western Sydney	306	118	99	204,326	9	667.73	25	[85]
Liverpool Plains Shire	New England	5,086	1,964	44	7,687	99	1.51	98	[86]
Lockhart Shire	Riverina	2,895	1,118	66	3,119	119	1.08	104	[87]
Lord Howe Island	15	5.8	122	382	130	25.47	48	[88][89]
Maitland, City of	Hunter	392	151	96	77,305	30	197.21	36	[90]
Mid-Coast Council	Mid North Coast	10,053	3,881	19	90,303	26	8.98	61	[91][92]
Mid-Western Regional	Central West	8,737	3,373	26	24,076	64	2.76	82	[93]
Moree Plains Shire	New England	17,930	6,920	10	13,159	81	0.73	114	[94]
Mosman, Municipality of	North Shore	9	3.5	127	28,475	62	3,163.89	13	[95]
Murray River Council	Riverina	11,865	4,581	15	11,680	87	0.98	109	[96][97]
Murrumbidgee Council	Riverina	6,880	2,660	36	3,836	117	0.56	116	[98][99]
Muswellbrook Shire	Hunter	3,405	1,315	61	16,086	75	4.72	71	[100]
Nambucca Shire	Mid North Coast	1,491	576	82	19,212	70	12.89	56	[101]
Narrandera Shire	Riverina	4,117	1,590	52	5,853	110	1.42	100	[102]
Narrabri Shire	North West Slopes / Northern Tablelands	13,031	5,031	13	13,084	82	1.00	107	[103]
Narromine Shire	Orana	5,264	2,032	43	6,444	103	1.22	102	[104]
Newcastle, City of	Hunter	187	72	105	155,411	18	831.07	24	[105]
Northern Beaches Council	Northern Beaches	254	98	102	252,878	4	995.58	23	[106][107]
North Sydney Council	North Shore	11	4.2	125	67,658	36	6,150.73	3	[108]
Oberon Shire	Central West	3,659	1,413	57	5,301	111	1.45	99	[109]
Orange, City of	Central West	285	110	100	40,344	52	141.56	38	[110]
Parkes Shire	Central West	5,958	2,300	39	14,608	76	2.45	85	[111]
Parramatta Council, City of	Western Sydney / Northern Suburbs	82	32	111	226,149	5	2,757.91	18	[112][113]
Penrith, City of	Western Sydney	405	156	94	196,066	13	484.11	28	[114][115]
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council	Mid North Coast	3,686	1,423	56	78,539	28	21.31	51	[116][117]
Port Stephens Council	Hunter	979	378	88	69,556	34	71.05	42	[118]
Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council	Southern Tablelands	8,960	3,460	23	56,027	41	6.25	66	[119][120]
Randwick, City of	Eastern Suburbs	36	14	117	140,660	21	3,907.22	9	[121]
Richmond Valley Council	Northern Rivers	3,051	1,178	65	22,807	66	7.48	64	[122]
Ryde, City of	Northern Suburbs	41	16	115	116,302	23	2,836.63	17	[123]
Singleton Council	Hunter	4,893	1,889	47	22,987	65	4.70	72	[124]
Shellharbour, City of	Illawarra / South Coast	147	57	108	68,460	35	465.71	29	[125]
Shoalhaven, City of	South Coast	4,567	1,763	50	99,650	24	21.82	50	[126]
Snowy Monaro Regional Council	Snowy Mountains / Monaro	15,162	5,854	11	20,218	69	1.33	101	[127][128]
Snowy Valleys Council	Riverina	8,960	3,460	23	14,395	77	1.61	96	[129][130]
Strathfield, Municipality of	Inner West	14	5.4	123	40,312	53	2,879.43	16	[131]
Sutherland Shire	St George-Sutherland	370	140	97	218,464	6	590.44	26	[132]
Sydney, City of	Sydney CBD	25	9.7	119	208,374	8	8,334.96	1	[133][134]
Tamworth Regional Council	New England	9,892	3,819	21	59,663	40	6.03	67	[135]
Temora Shire	Riverina	2,802	1,082	68	6,110	106	2.18	89	[136]
Tenterfield Shire	New England	7,332	2,831	33	6,628	102	0.90	109	[137]
Tweed Shire	Northern Rivers	1,321	510	84	91,371	25	69.17	43	[138]
Unincorporated Far West	Far West	93,300	36,000	1	698^a	129	0.01	130	[139]
Upper Hunter Shire	Hunter	8,096	3,126	30	14,112	78	1.74	95	[140]
Upper Lachlan Shire	Southern Tablelands	7,102	2,742	35	7,695	98	1.08	104	[141]
Uralla Shire	New England	3,230	1,250	63	6,048	108	1.87	92	[142]
Wagga Wagga, City of	Riverina	4,826	1,863	48	62,385	39	12.93	55	[143]
Walcha Shire	New England	2,621	1,012	71	3,092	120	1.18	103	[144][145]
Walgett Shire	Orana	22,336	8,624	6	6,107	107	0.27	119	[146]
Warren Shire	Orana	10,760	4,150	17	2,732	122	0.25	122	[147]
Warrumbungle Shire	Orana	12,380	4,780	14	9,384	92	0.76	113	[148]
Waverley Council	Eastern Suburbs	9	3.5	127	66,812	37	7,423.56	2	[149][150]
Weddin Shire	Central West	3,410	1,320	60	3,664	118	1.07	106	[151]
Wentworth Shire	Riverina	26,269	10,143	5	6,794	101	0.26	120	[152][153]
Willoughby, City of	North Shore	23	8.9	120	74,302	32	3,230.52	12	[154]
Wingecarribee Shire	Illawarra / Southern Highlands	2,689	1,038	70	47,882	48	17.81	53	[155]
Wollondilly Shire	Macarthur	2,560	990	72	48,519	47	18.95	52	[156]
Wollongong, City of	Illawarra	684	264	89	203,630	10	297.70	35	[157]
Woollahra, Municipality of	Eastern Suburbs	12	4.6	124	54,240	43	4,520.00	7	[158][159]
Yass Valley Council	Southern Tablelands / Riverina	3,999	1,544	53	16,142	74	4.04	77	[160]

^a As of 27 June 2017, ABS census data for the Unincorporated Far West region was available for the 2011 census only.

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