The Inner West Council area Estimated Resident Population for 2020 is 201,880, with a population density of 57.37 persons per hectare.

The Inner West Council area is located in the inner-western Sydney suburbs, about 4-10 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD.

The Inner West Council Community Profile provides demographic analysis for the Council and smaller areas within it based on results from the 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. The profile is updated with population estimates when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases new figures.