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Municipality of Burwood New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°53′S 151°06′E / 33.883°S 151.100°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 40,217 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 5,700/km2 (14,900/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 27 March 1874[2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | John Faker | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Burwood | ||||||||||||||
Region | Metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Strathfield | ||||||||||||||
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Website | Municipality of Burwood | ||||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Burwood (also known as Burwood Council) is a local government area in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The mayor of the Municipality is Cr. John Faker, a member of the Labor Party. The municipality is 7 km2, making it the second smallest Local Government Area in New South Wales, being larger than only Hunter's Hill.[3]
History
The municipality was established on 27 March 1874. The council chambers are located on Conder Street and were designed and built by architect Jack Hennessy in 1877. Hennessy was later a mayor of Burwood.[4]
A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Municipality of Burwood merge with adjoining councils of: Canada Bay and Strathfield Councils to form a new council with an area of 41 square kilometres (16 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 163,000 at the time.[5]
In May 2016, Strathfield Council challenged the proposed merger and commenced proceedings in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court. After the court heard that there were legal flaws in the report from the state government-appointed delegate who examined the proposal for merging the councils, the NSW Government withdrew from the case and the merger proposal stalled.[6] In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.[7]
Suburbs in the local government area
The following suburbs within the Municipality of Burwood are:
The Municipality also includes portions of:
- Croydon (shared with Inner West)
- Croydon Park (shared with Canterbury-Bankstown and Inner West)
- Strathfield (shared with the Canada Bay and Strathfield )
Demographics
At the 2021 census, there were 40,217 people in the Burwood local government area, of these, 48.9 per cent were male and 51.1 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4 per cent of the population; significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9 and 2.8 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the Municipality of Burwood was 34 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 4.2 per cent of the population and people aged 85 years and over made up 2.9 per cent of the population. The largest age group was 20-24 (12.4 per cent). Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 43.7 per cent were married and 9.4 per cent were either divorced or separated.[1]
Population growth in the Municipality of Burwood between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 5.26 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 4.84 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the Municipality increased by 13.53 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in Burwood local government area was significantly higher than the national average.[8][9] The median weekly income for residents within the Municipality of Burwood of was generally on par with the national average.[3]
At the 2021 census, the proportion of residents in Burwood local government area who stated their ancestry as Chinese was 6 times the national average; and the proportion of households where an Asian language was spoken at home was only slightly higher than the national average (1.4 times).[1]
Selected historical census data for Burwood local government area | |||||||
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Census year | 2001[8] | 2006[9] | 2011[10] | 2016[3] | 2021[1] | ||
Population | Estimated residents on census night | 29,381 | ![]() |
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LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 57th | ![]() |
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% of New South Wales population | 0.46% | ![]() |
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% of Australian population | 0.16% | ![]() |
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Cultural and language diversity | |||||||
Ancestry, top responses |
Chinese | 21.8% | ![]() |
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English | 9.9% | ![]() |
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Australian | 10.4% | ![]() |
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Italian | 8.0% | ![]() |
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Irish | 4.6% | ![]() |
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Language, top responses (other than English) |
Mandarin | 5.8% | ![]() |
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Cantonese | 7.8% | ![]() |
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Italian | 7.3% | ![]() |
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Korean | 5.4% | ![]() |
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Arabic | 5.7% | ![]() |
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Religious affiliation | |||||||
Religious affiliation, top responses |
No religion, so described | 12.6% | ![]() |
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Catholic | 36.9% | ![]() |
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Not stated | 8.2% | ![]() | |||||
Hinduism | n/c | n/c | ![]() |
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Buddhism | 5.8% | ![]() |
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Median weekly incomes | |||||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$403 | A$490 | Data to be released in October 2017 |
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% of Australian median income | 86.5% | ![]() |
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Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,071 | A$1,441 | A$2,101 | |||
% of Australian median income | 104.3% | ![]() |
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Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,194 | A$1,310 | A$1,867 | |||
% of Australian median income | 102.0% | ![]() |
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Council
Current composition and election method
Burwood Council comprises seven councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. Since 2012, the mayor has been directly elected, while the six other councillors are elected proportionally as one ward. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, was as follows:[11][12]
Party | Councillors | |
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Australian Labor Party | 4 | |
Liberal Party of Australia | 2 | |
The Greens | 1 | |
Total | 7 |
The current council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:
Mayor | Party | Notes | |
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John Faker | Labor | Councillor 2000–2012; mayor 2001–2002, 2005–2008, 2011–date.[13][14][15][16][12] | |
Councillor | Party | Notes | |
Hugo Robinson | Liberal | ||
Heather Crichton | Labor | Elected 2017; deputy mayor 2021–2022.[17] | |
George Mannah | Labor | Elected 2012; deputy mayor 2016–2017, 2022–date.[18] | |
Pascale Esber | Labor | ||
David Hull | Liberal | ||
Ned Cutcher | Greens |
Election results
2021
Elected councillor | Party | |
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Heather Crichton | Labor | |
George Mannah | Labor | |
Pascale Esber | Labor | |
David Hull | Liberal | |
Hugo Robinson | Liberal | |
Ned Cutcher | Greens |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | 9,002 | 52.2 | +1.1 | ||
Liberal | 4,050 | 23.5 | −2.4 | ||
Greens | 2,196 | 12.7 | +12.7 | ||
Independent | 1,277 | 7.4 | +7.4 | ||
Major Independent Group | 725 | 4.2 | +4.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,250 | 94.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,030 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 18,280 | 87.0 | |||
Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
Labor | 3 | ![]() | |||
Liberal | 2 | ![]() | |||
Greens | 1 | ![]() |
2017
Elected councillor | Party | |
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Heather Crichton | Labor | |
Joseph Del Duca | Liberal | |
Lesley Furneaux-Cook | ICV | |
George Mannah | Labor | |
Ernest Chan | Labor | |
Raj Dixit | Liberal |