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community numbered 86,000 in 2006, and although the community is
growing in absolute size, due to immigration rather then natural growth,
its proportion in the general population declined from 0.5 to 0.4 percent.
Both the Jewish and Muslim communities are concentrated in the two
main urban centers of Melbourne and Sydney. The Melbourne Jewish
population numbers around 50,000 and the Muslim population is 93,000,
while the Sydney Jewish population is 40,000 and the Muslim population
is 161,000.
Fig. 6.1. Comparison of proportion (% of overall population) and population
size of Jews and Muslims in Australia, 1947–2006.