The City of Liverpool is a local government area, administered by Liverpool City Council, located in the south-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The area encompasses 305.5 square kilometres (118.0 sq mi) and its administrative centre is located in the suburb of Liverpool.
| City of Liverpool New South Wales | |
|---|---|
 Location in Metropolitan Sydney | |
| Coordinates | 33°56′S 150°55′E / 33.933°S 150.917°E |
| Population |
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| • Density | 668.82/km2 (1,732.25/sq mi) |
| Established | 27 June 1872 (as a municipal district) |
| Area | 305.5 km2 (118.0 sq mi) |
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) |
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) |
| Mayor | Ned Mannoun |
| Council seat | Liverpool |
| Region | Greater Western Sydney |
| State electorate(s) | |
| Federal division(s) | |
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| Website | City of Liverpool |
The mayor of the City is Cr. Ned Mannoun, a member of the Liberal Party.
Suburbs and localities in the local government area
editThe following suburbs and localities are located within the City of Liverpool:
- Ashcroft
- Austral
- Badgerys Creek
- Bradfield
- Bringelly (shared with Camden)
- Busby
- Carnes Hill
- Cartwright
- Casula
- Cecil Hills
- Cecil Park (shared with Fairfield)
- Chipping Norton
- Denham Court (shared with Campbelltown)
- Edmondson Park
- Green Valley
- Greendale
- Hammondville
- Heckenberg
- Hinchinbrook
- Holsworthy
- Horningsea Park
- Hoxton Park
- Kemps Creek (shared with Penrith)
- Leppington (shared with Camden)
- Liverpool
- Luddenham (shared with Penrith)
- Lurnea
- Middleton Grange
- Miller
- Moorebank
- Mount Pritchard (shared with Fairfield)
- Pleasure Point
- Prestons
- Rossmore (shared with Camden)
- Sadleir
- Voyager Point
- Wallacia (shared with Penrith)
- Warwick Farm
- Wattle Grove
- West Hoxton
Demographics
editAt the 2016 census there were 204,326 people in the Liverpool local government area, of these 49.6 per cent were male and 50.4 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5 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 City of Liverpool was 33 years; significantly lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 22.7 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 51.8 per cent were married and 11.0 per cent were either divorced or separated.[1]
Population growth in the City of Liverpool between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 7.14 per cent and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 9.44 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the City increased by 13.24 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the Liverpool local government area was significantly higher than the national average.[1][3][4][5] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Liverpool was lower than the national average.
At the 2016 census, the area was linguistically diverse, with a significantly higher than average proportion (57.2 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 22.2 per cent); and a significantly lower proportion (41.4 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 72.7 per cent). The proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Islam was in excess of four times the national average; and the proportion of residents with no religion slightly less than one–third the national average.[1]
| Selected historical census data for Liverpool local government area | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2001[3] | 2006[4] | 2011[5] | 2016[1] | 2021[6] | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on census night | 153,633 | 164,603 | 180,143 | 204,326 | 233,446 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 16th |  12th |
9th |
7th
| |||
| % of New South Wales population | 2.43% | 2.51% |
2.60% |
2.73% |
2.89%
| ||
| % of Australian population | 0.82% | 0.83% |
 0.83% |
0.87% |
0.92%
| ||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$440 | A$510 | A$584 | A$698 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 94.4% |  88.4%
|
88.2% |
86.2%
| |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,082 | A$1,401 | A$1,663 | A$2,001 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 105.4% | 94.6%
|
95.9% |
94.4%
| |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,155 | A$1,299 | A$1,550 | A$1,819 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 98.6% | 105.7%
|
107.8% |
104.2%
| |||
| Selected historical census data for Liverpool local government area | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancestry, top responses | |||||||||
| 2001[3] | 2006[4] | 2011[5] | 2016[1] | 2021[6] | |||||
| No Data | No Data | Australian | 15.5% | Australian | 13.4% |
Australian | 15.6%
| ||
| English | 12.6% | English | 11.3% |
English | 12.2%
| ||||
| Italian | 6.1% | Italian | 5.4% |
Indian | 6.0%
| ||||
| Indian | 4.9% | Indian | 5.2% |
Lebanese | 5.9%
| ||||
| Lebanese | 4.3% | Lebanese | 4.8% |
Italian | 5.7%
| ||||
| Country of Birth, top responses | |||||||||
| 2001[3] | 2006[4] | 2011[5] | 2016[1] | 2021[6] | |||||
| Australia | 55.6% | Australia | 53.8% |
Australia | 53.8% |
Australia | 51.7% |
Australia | 51.2%
|
| Fiji | 2.9% | Fiji | 3.2% |
Fiji | 3.6% |
Iraq | 4.8% |
Iraq | 6.1%
|
| Vietnam | 2.7% | Vietnam | 2.8% |
Iraq | 3.4% |
Vietnam | 3.3% |
Vietnam | 3.6%
|
| Italy | 2.1% | Iraq | 2.0% |
Vietnam | 2.9% |
Fiji | 3.2% |
Fiji | 3.0%
|
| Lebanon | 2.0% | Lebanon | 2.0% |
India | 2.3% |
India | 2.6% |
India | 2.8%
|
| England | 1.9% | Philippines | 1.9% |
Philippines | 2.0% |
Lebanon | 2.0% |
Lebanon | 2.2%
|
| Language, top responses (other than English) | |||||||||
| 2001[3] | 2006[4] | 2011[5] | 2016[1] | 2021[6] | |||||
| Arabic | 6.4% | Arabic | 7.6% |
Arabic | 9.5% |
Arabic | 11.4% |
Arabic | 13.1%
|
| Italian | 3.8% | Vietnamese | 4.1% |
Hindi | 4.5% |
Vietnamese | 4.9% |
Vietnamese | 5.3%
|
| Vietnamese | 3.6% | Hindi | 3.8% |
Vietnamese | 4.4% |
Hindi | 4.0% |
Hindi | 3.4%
|
| Spanish | 3.2% | Italian | 3.2% |
Italian | 2.8% |
Spanish | 2.5% |
Serbian | 2.3%
|
| Hindi | 3.2% | Spanish | 3.1% |
Spanish | 2.8% |
Serbian | 2.4% |
Spanish | 2.1%
|
| Religious affiliation, top responses | |||||||||
| 2001[3] | 2006[4] | 2011[5] | 2016[1] | 2021[6] | |||||
| Catholic | 35.9% | Catholic | 34.0% |
Catholic | 32.4% |
Catholic | 28.6% |
Catholic | 25.8%
|
| Anglican | 15.2% | Anglican | 12.3% |
Anglican | 10.7% |
Islam | 12.0% |
Islam | 15.1%
|
| Islam | 7.5% | Islam | 8.3% |
Islam | 10.7% |
No Religion | 11.3% |
No Religion | 13.6%
|
| Orthodox | 7.2% | Eastern Orthodox | 7.8% |
No Religion | 7.5% |
Not Stated | 9.2% | Not Stated | 7.2% |
| No Religion | 6.3% | No Religion | 6.8% |
Eastern Orthodox | 7.5% |
Anglican | 7.4% |
Buddhism | 5.7%
|
Council
editCurrent composition and election method
editLiverpool City Council is composed of eleven councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is directly elected while the ten other Councillors are elected proportionally as two separate wards, each electing five councillors. The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, is as follows:[7][8][9]
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | 5 | |
| Australian Labor Party | 4 | |
| Liverpool Community Independents Team | 1 | |
| Our Local Community | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | |
The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election by ward, is:
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Ned Mannoun | Liberal | Elected 2021–present, 2012–2016.[10] | |
| North Ward[11] | Richard Ammoun | Liberal | Elected 2021. | |
| Sam Karnib | Labor | Elected 2024. | ||
| Matthew Harte | Liberal | Elected 2024. | ||
| Mira Ibrahim | Labor | Elected 2024. | ||
| Peter Harle | Community Independents | Elected 2008. | ||
| South Ward[12] | Fiona Macnaught | Liberal | Elected 2021. | |
| Betty Green | Labor | Elected 2021. | ||
| Emmanuel Adjei | Liberal | Elected 2024. | ||
| Ethan Monaghan | Labor | Elected 2024. | ||
| Peter Ristevski | Our Local Community | Elected 2012-2016 (Liberal), 2024. | ||
Mayors
editElection results
edit2024
edit| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 45,535 | 41.0 | +2.6 | 4 |
| ||
| Labor | 34,866 | 31.4 | −6.7 | 4 |
| ||
| Our Local Community | 9,623 | 8.7 | 1 | 1
| |||
| Community Independents | 7,547 | 6.8 | −3.1 | 1 | 1
| ||
| Libertarian | 7,321 | 6.6 | 0 |
| |||
| Liverpool Independents | 3,277 | 3.0 | 0 |
| |||
| Community Voice | 2,084 | 1.9 | 0 |
| |||
| Independents | 729 | 0.7 | −6.1 | 0 |
| ||
| Formal votes | 110,982 | ||||||
| Informal votes | |||||||
| Total | 10 | ||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | |||||||
2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 42,115 | 38.4 | +3.1 | ||
| Labor | 41,732 | 38.1 | -2.6 | ||
| Community Independents | 10,803 | 9.9 | -4.5 | ||
| Independent | 7,504 | 6.8 | +2.8 | ||
| Greens | 7,379 | 6.7 | +1.1 | ||
History
editIt is one of the oldest urban settlements in Australia, founded in 1810 as an agricultural centre by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. He named it after Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, who was then the secretary of state for the Colonies and the British city of Liverpool upon which some of the city's architecture is based.
Municipal history
editOn 19 September 1843, the Liverpool District Council was established by charter, with Captain Samuel Moore as its first magistrate and warden, and Thomas Valentine Blomfield, Thomas Harper, David Johnston, Joshua John Moore, Richard Sadlier and Edward Weston as councillors. Its area also included most of Sutherland Shire.[14] The new form of government was not popular and fizzled out by 1850.[15]
After 148 local residents lodged a petition with the governor on 4 September 1871, the Municipality of Liverpool was proclaimed on 27 June 1872.[16][17][18] At its first election on 27 August 1872, Richard Sadleir was elected Mayor.
On 1 January 1949, the Municipality absorbed Riding B of the abolished Nepean Shire.[19]
On 9 December 1960, the Municipality was proclaimed by Governor Eric Woodward as the City of Liverpool.[20]
Regional history
editLiverpool is at the head of navigation of the Georges River and combined with the Great Southern Railway from Sydney to Melbourne reaching Liverpool in the late 1850s, Liverpool became a major agricultural and transportation centre as the land in the district was very productive. A large army base was established in Liverpool during World War I, and exists to this day as the Holsworthy Barracks. There are a number of other military establishments in neighbouring Moorebank.
Until the 1950s, Liverpool was still a satellite town with an agricultural economy based on poultry farming and market gardening. However the tidal surge of urban sprawl which engulfed the rich flatlands west of Sydney known as the Cumberland Plain soon reached Liverpool, and it became an outer suburb of metropolitan Sydney with a strong working-class presence and manufacturing facilities. Liverpool also became renowned for its vast Housing Commission estates housing thousands of low-income families after the slum clearance and urban renewal programs in inner-city Sydney in the 1960s.
The City of Liverpool is home to one of the largest municipal libraries in Sydney.[21][better source needed]
Freedom of Entry
The City of Liverpool has bestowed Freedom of Entry just three times in its 150 years of local government. The Australian Army's Royal Australian Engineers were granted Freedom of Entry in 1959 and re-affirmed in 2018 as part of Liverpool's Centenary of Armistice commemoration.[22] The Australian Air League's Moorebank Squadron were granted Freedom of Entry in 2022 marking 60 years in the Liverpool community and included a formation flypast over Bigge Park[23]
The 2018 and 2022 occasions both occasions featured a parade through the Liverpool Town Centre, a formal challenge outside Liverpool Court House, and community activities at Bigge Park.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Liverpool (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Liverpool (C)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Liverpool (C)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Liverpool (C)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Liverpool (C)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council – Mayoral Election". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council – North Ward". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council – South Ward". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "City of Liverpool - Mayoral Election". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "City of Liverpool - North Ward Councillor Election". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "City of Liverpool - South Ward Councillor Election". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "City of Liverpool". ABC News.
- ^ "District Councils (84)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 9 October 1843. p. 1301–1303. Retrieved 28 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Liverpool Regional Museum. New Discoveries: Exhibition Notes (PDF). p. 58. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Petition for Municipality – Liverpool (236)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 26 September 1871. p. 2171–2173. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Proclamation (180)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 27 June 1872. p. 1667. Retrieved 28 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Liverpool City Council (2022). "The Early Years: The First Liverpool Council". Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 (NSW) Schedule 1.
- ^ "Local Government Act, 1919 – Proclamation (137)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 18 November 1960. p. 3659. Retrieved 28 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sydney's Great Libraries". AroundYou. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Council to grant Freedom of Entry to Royal Australian Engineers". Liverpool City Council. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Gibbons, Melanie (10 August 2022). "Australian Air League Moorebank Squadron". Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
