The official population of Camden Council area as of 30 June 2016, is 80,476. 26% of people in Camden Council area attended an educational institution in 2016. At the there were people in the Camden local government area, of these 49.0 per cent were male and 51.0 per cents were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5 per cent of the population; slightly below the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9 and 2.8 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the Camden Council area was 33 years, which is significantly lower than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 23.9 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 55.4 per cent were married and 10.2 per cent were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the Camden Council area between the and the was 13.35 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the, population growth was 14.25 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the Camden local government area increased by 37.9 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in Camden local government area was in excess of four times the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Camden Council area was generally slightly higher than the national average. At the 2016 census, the proportion of residents in the Camden local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon approached 70% of all residents. In excess of 56.0% of residents in the Camden Council area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2016 census, compared with the national average of 50.2%; and the proportion of residents with no religion was about half the national average. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Camden local government area had a low proportion where two or more languages are spoken ; and a very high proportion where English only was spoken at home.
Council
Current composition and election method
Camden Council is composed of nine Councillors elected proportionally as three separate wards, each electing three Councillors. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 10 September 2016, and the makeup of the Council is as follows: The current Council, elected in 2016, in order of election by ward, is:
Development
In Camden Council area there were 1,690 residential buildings approved to be built in the financial year 2017-18 Nov FYTD. Being a significant part of the South-Western Sydney Growth Area, Camden Council represents a rapidly growing region which is expected to house a large portion of Sydney's population growth over the coming decade. To the north are residential developments including Oran Park and Gregory Hills, whilst to the south are further developments of the Elderslie estate. A Muslim group, the Quranic Society, made a development application in the Camden area for an 19 million Muslim school with the capacity for 1,200 students. In May 2008 the Council voted unanimously to reject the application. After reducing its proposal to a school catering for 900 students, the Quranic Society took its case to the Land and Environment Court. The application was met with significant community protest; and the application rejected by the Court on the grounds that the land chosen was suited to rural uses.
Heritage listings
The Camden Council has a number of heritage sites, including:
