at the 2016 census, claremont had a population of 8,148 people. 61.1% of people were born in australia. the next most common countries of birth were england 8.5%, south africa 1.9%, china 1.9% and new zealand 1.7%. 78.3% of people spoke only english at home. other languages spoken at home included mandarin at 2.1%. the most common responses for religion were no religion 32.2%, anglican 21.3% and catholic 19.1%.