in the 2016 census, there were 5,210 people in the geelong city centre. 69.5% of people were born in australia. the next most common countries of birth were england 3.1%, india 2.7%, italy 2.0% and china 1.9%. 75.5% of people spoke only english at home. other languages spoken at home included italian 2.8% and mandarin 2.4%. the most common responses for religion were no religion 33.1% and catholic 26.0%.