Cumberland Council, New South Wales
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Cumberland Council New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 216,079 (2016 census)[1] (15th) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,001/km2 (7,770/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 72 km2 (27.8 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Greg Cummings | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Administration Centre, Merrylands | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Greater Western Sydney | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Cumberland Council | ||||||||||||||
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The Cumberland Council is a local government area located in the western suburbs of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Council was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of parts of the Auburn City, the former Parramatta City (Woodville Ward), and Holroyd City councils.[2][3]
The Council comprises an area of 72 square kilometres (28 sq mi) and as at the 2016 census had a population of 216,079.[1]
The first Special Meeting of Cumberland Council was held on 19 May 2016 at the Granville Town Hall, and the council currently meets at the Merrylands Administration Centre.[4][5]
The inaugural Mayor of Cumberland Council is Cr. Greg Cummings, a member of the Australian Labor Party, who was elected on 27 September 2017.[6]
Contents
1 Suburbs and localities in the local government area
2 History
2.1 Holroyd council
2.2 Auburn council
2.3 Woodville Ward
2.4 Establishment of Cumberland Council
2.5 Heritage listings
3 Demographics
4 Facilities
5 Council
5.1 Current composition
6 See also
7 References
Suburbs and localities in the local government area[edit]
Suburbs in the Cumberland Council area are:[7]
- Auburn
- Berala
Chester Hill (shared with Canterbury-Bankstown Council)
Fairfield (shared with City of Fairfield)- Girraween
Granville (shared with City of Parramatta Council)- Greystanes
- Guildford
- Guildford West
Holroyd (shared with City of Parramatta Council)
Homebush West (shared with Municipality of Strathfield)
Lidcombe (shared with City of Parramatta Council)
Mays Hill (shared with City of Parramatta Council)
Merrylands (shared with City of Parramatta Council)- Merrylands West
- Pemulwuy
Pendle Hill (shared with City of Parramatta Council)
Prospect (shared with City of Blacktown)
Regents Park (shared with Canterbury-Bankstown Council)- Rookwood
Smithfield (shared with City of Fairfield)- South Granville
- South Wentworthville
Sydney Olympic Park [Autonomous] (Some parts within City of Parramatta Council)
Toongabbie (shared with the City of Blacktown and City of Parramatta Council)
Wentworthville (shared with City of Parramatta Council)
Westmead (shared with City of Parramatta Council)- Woodpark
Yennora (shared with the City of Fairfield)
History[edit]
Holroyd council[edit]
The Holroyd Administration Centre in Merrylands, now the Cumberland Council seat, was the Holroyd seat from 1962.
The area formerly known as Holroyd City Council was first proclaimed in July 1872 as the "Municipal District of Prospect and Sherwood", which became the "Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood" from 1906 and on 11 January 1927 it was renamed the "Municipality of Holroyd" after Arthur Holroyd, the first mayor.[8][9] From 1 January 1991, city status was granted, becoming the Holroyd City Council. Originally located at the Council Chambers in Merrylands West from 1915, the administrative centre of Holroyd was located in the suburb of Merrylands from 1962.[10]
Auburn council[edit]
The opening of the second Auburn Town Hall, Auburn Road, 12 July 1927.
To the east of Holroyd, the Auburn City Council area was first proclaimed on 19 February 1892 as the "Borough of Auburn" and became the "Municipality of Auburn" in 1906.[11] On 20 June 1906, the hitherto unincorporated area around Silverwater and Newington was combined into the Municipality of Auburn.[12]
The eastern section of Auburn was originally proclaimed as the Borough of Rookwood on 8 December 1891 and in 1913 Rookwood was renamed "Lidcombe", a portmanteau of the names of the two previous mayors, in an attempt to distance the municipality from the necropolis.[13] On 1 January 1949, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the Municipalities of Auburn and Lidcombe were amalgamated to form the new "Municipality of Auburn". In 1993 Auburn Municipal Council became "Auburn Council" and was granted city status in 2008, becoming the "Auburn City Council".
Woodville Ward[edit]
The area known as the Woodville Ward of the City of Parramatta until the amalgamations in May 2016, was first incorporated as the "Borough of Granville" on 20 January 1885, which became the "Municipality of Granville" from 1906, and met in the Granville Town Hall when it was completed in 1888.[14]
On 1 January 1949, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the municipalities of Granville, Dundas, Ermington and Rydalmere, and Parramatta were amalgamated to form the new "City of Parramatta". Granville municipality became the "Granville Ward" and the council meetings of the new Parramatta City were held at the Granville Town Hall from 1949 until the new administration centre was opened in Parramatta in 1958. In 1995 a reorganisation of Parramatta's wards resulted in Granville Ward being renamed "Woodville Ward" after Woodville Road while the former Granville Municipality suburbs of Harris Park, Rosehill, Telopea, and northern sections of Granville and Clyde, were moved into the Elizabeth Macarthur Ward.[14]
Establishment of Cumberland Council[edit]
Granville Town Hall was the location of the first meeting of Cumberland Council on 19 May 2016.
A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended a major reorganisation for the area covered by Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta councils. The government considered two proposals. The first was a merger of parts of Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta to form a new council with an area of 72 square kilometres (28 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 219,000.[15] The second proposed a merger of parts of Parramatta, Auburn, The Hills, Hornsby, and Holroyd to form a new council with an area of 82 square kilometres (32 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 215,725.[16]
On 12 May 2016, the Cumberland Council was proclaimed as a new local government area, combining parts of Auburn City Council (south of the M4 Western Motorway), the Woodville Ward of the Parramatta City Council, and the majority of the Holroyd City Council.[3] The remainder of the Auburn City Council area north of the M4 Western Motorway (including parts of the Sydney Olympic Park) and a small section of Holroyd was merged into the reconsituted City of Parramatta Council.[17][3]
Cumberland Council logo used from May 2016 to February 2017.
The former General Manager of Mosman Council (1986–2013), Viv May PSM, who had been serving as the Administrator of the suspended Auburn City Council since February 2016, was appointed as the Administrator, and the long-serving Holroyd General Manager, Merv Ismay, was appointed as interim general manager.[3] The first Special Meeting of Cumberland Council was held on 19 May 2016, at the Granville Town Hall, the historic former seat of the Granville Municipality, which merged with Parramatta in 1949.[4][18] Subsequent Council meetings alternated between the Merrylands Administration Building and Auburn Civic Centre, until December 2016 when May decided that the Auburn council chambers would be taken over by the Auburn Library, and all council meetings from then to be held at Merrylands.[4][19]
After undertaking a significant amount of work to rationalise council services and staff, noting that "Auburn had issues with flagrant rezoning, and Holroyd was over-promising and underdelivering, living in a financial fantasy with many of its projects", May's term as Administrator came to an end in September 2017, with the election of the first council.[20] The former Mayor of Holroyd, Greg Cummings, was elected as the inaugural Mayor of Cumberland Council on 27 September 2017.[6]
Heritage listings[edit]
The Cumberland Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Greystanes, Lower Prospect Canal Reserve[21]
- Guildford, 11-35 Byron Road: Linnwood, Guildford[22]
- Guildford, Frank Street: Guildford West pipehead and water supply canal[23]
- Prospect, Clunies Ross Street: Prospect Hill[24]
- Westmead, 2, 4, 6, and 8 Bridge Road: Essington[25]
Demographics[edit]
At the 2016 census there were 216,079 people in the Cumberland local government area, of these 51.4 per cent were male and 48.6 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6 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 Cumberland local government area was 32 years; significantly lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.5 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 53.3 per cent were married and 9.8 per cent were either divorced or separated.[1]
| Selected historical census data for Cumberland Council local government area | ||||||
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| Census year | 2016[1] | |||||
| Population | Estimated residents on census night | 216,079 | ||||
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 7th | |||||
| % of New South Wales population | 2.89% | |||||
| % of Australian population | 0.92% | |||||
| Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
Ancestry, top responses | Lebanese | 11.3% | ||||
| Chinese | 10.8% | |||||
| Australian | 10.1% | |||||
| English | 8.8% | |||||
| Indian | 7.1% | |||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Arabic | 15.2% | ||||
| Mandarin | 6.3% | |||||
| Cantonese | 4.5% | |||||
| Tamil | 3.1% | |||||
| Turkish | 3.1% | |||||
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | 24.0% | ||||
| Islam | 21.9% | |||||
No religion, so described | 13.8% | |||||
| Hinduism | 10.2% | |||||
| Not stated | 8.2% | |||||
| Median weekly incomes | ||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$501 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | ||||||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,436 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | ||||||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,379 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | ||||||
Facilities[edit]
There are eight libraries located throughout the local government area.[26] There are also five council-run swimming pools. On 9 September 2017 a poll put to the residents by council asked for their views on continuing to run all five pools, given that their operating costs took up 2% of council revenue. The poll returned a result of 74% in favour of continuing council operation of all the pools.[27]
Council[edit]
The Cumberland Council comprises fifteen Councillors elected proportionally, with three Councillors elected in five wards. On 9 September 2017 the current council was elected for a fixed three-year term of office.[2] The Mayor is elected bi-annually and Deputy Mayor annually by the councillors at the first meeting of the council.[3]
| Mayor | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator | Viv May PSM | 12 May 2016 – 27 September 2017 | Town Clerk/General Manager of Mosman 1986–2013, Administrator of Auburn 2016[3][28][20] |
| Mayor | Greg Cummings | 27 September 2017 – date | Mayor of Holroyd 2008–2009, 2014–2016[6] |
| Deputy Mayor | Eddy Sarkis | 27 September 2017 – date | Deputy Mayor of Holroyd 2005–2007[6] |
| General Manager | Term | Notes | |
| Merv Ismay | 12 May 2016 – 2 June 2016 | General Manager of Holroyd 2007–2016[3] | |
| Malcolm Ryan | 2 June 2016 – 22 November 2017 | [29] | |
| Hamish McNulty (acting) | 22 November 2017 – date | [30] | |
Current composition[edit]
The most recent election was held on 9 September 2017, and the makeup of the Council, by order of election, is as follows:
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| | Australian Labor Party | 8 |
| | Liberal Party of Australia | 5 |
| | Our Local Community | 2 |
Total | 15 | |
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granville Ward[31] | | Steve Christou | Labor | |
| | Joseph Rahme | Liberal | Holroyd North Ward Councillor 2012–2016 | |
| | Ola Hamed | Labor | ||
| Greystanes Ward[32] | | Greg Cummings | Labor | Mayor 2017–date |
| | Ross Grove | Liberal | Mayor of Holroyd, 2012–2013 | |
| | Eddy Sarkis | Our Local Community | Deputy Mayor 2017–date | |
| Regents Park Ward[33] | | George Campbell | Labor | Auburn Second Ward Councillor 2012–2016 |
| | Ned Attie | Liberal | Auburn Second Ward Councillor 2008–2016 | |
| | Kun Huang | Labor | ||
| South Granville Ward[34] | | Glenn Elmore | Labor | |
| | Paul Garrard | Our Local Community | Lord Mayor of Parramatta, 2009–2010, 2015–2016 | |
| | Tom Zreika | Liberal | ||
| Wentworthville Ward[35] | | Lisa Lake | Labor | Holroyd North Ward Councillor 2012–2016 |
| | Michael Zaiter | Liberal | Holroyd East Ward Councillor 2012–2016 | |
| | Suman Saha | Labor | ||
See also[edit]
- Local government areas of New South Wales
References[edit]
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