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City of Liverpool (New South Wales)

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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
Coordinates33°56′S 150°55′E / 33.933°S 150.917°E / -33.933; 150.917
Population
 • Density668.82/km2 (1,732.25/sq mi)
Established27 June 1872 (1872-06-27)
(as a municipal district)
Area305.5 km2 (118.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
MayorNed Mannoun
Council seatLiverpool
RegionGreater Western Sydney
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
WebsiteCity 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

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The following suburbs and localities are located within the City of Liverpool:

Demographics

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At 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

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Current composition and election method

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Liverpool 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

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Main article: List of mayors of Liverpool (New South Wales)

Election results

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2024

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Outer Sydney § Liverpool results.[edit]
2024 New South Wales local elections: Liverpool
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

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Outer Sydney § Liverpool.[edit]
2021 New South Wales local elections: Liverpool[13]
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

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It 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

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On 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

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Liverpool 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

 
Moorebank Squadron marching past Liverpool Court House following the formal challenge from NSW Police Chief Inspector Allyson Fenwick.

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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.  
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Liverpool (C)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 December 2012.  
  4. ^ a b c d e f Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Liverpool (C)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Liverpool (C)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 December 2012.  
  6. ^ 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.  
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "City of Liverpool - Mayoral Election". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  11. ^ "City of Liverpool - North Ward Councillor Election". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  12. ^ "City of Liverpool - South Ward Councillor Election". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  13. ^ "City of Liverpool". ABC News.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Liverpool Regional Museum. New Discoveries: Exhibition Notes (PDF). p. 58. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Petition for Municipality – Liverpool (236)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 26 September 1871. p. 2171–2173. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ Liverpool City Council (2022). "The Early Years: The First Liverpool Council". Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  19. ^ Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 (NSW) Schedule 1.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "Sydney's Great Libraries". AroundYou. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  22. ^ "Council to grant Freedom of Entry to Royal Australian Engineers". Liverpool City Council. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  23. ^ Gibbons, Melanie (10 August 2022). "Australian Air League Moorebank Squadron". Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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