Population

The following data has been extracted from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and is based on the Census data taken every five years and is sown as the LGA rather than suburb by suburb within the previous Council areas of Altona and Williamstown and since 1996 as Hobsons Bay.

Population

Year

City of Altona  

City of Williamstown

1954

6,300

29,313

1958

9,500 31,100

1961

15,811

30,962

1966

24,984

30,416

1971 30,589

30,055

1976

30,273

26,427

1981

30,909

25,554

1986

32,838

23,287

1991

34,492

25,947

City of Hobsons Bay

2001

80,120
2006

81,459

2011

83,863
2016

88,778