Municipality of Burwood

Municipality of Burwood New South Wales
Location in Greater Sydney
Coordinates	33°53′S 151°06′E / 33.883°S 151.100°E / -33.883; 151.100Coordinates: 33°53′S 151°06′E / 33.883°S 151.100°E / -33.883; 151.100
Population	36,809 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	5,300/km2 (13,600/sq mi)
Established	27 March 1874 (1874-03-27)[2]
Area	7 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Mayor	John Faker (Labor)
Council seat	Burwood
Region	Metropolitan Sydney
State electorate(s)	Strathfield
Federal Division(s)	Reid Watson
Website	Municipality of Burwood
LGAs around Municipality of Burwood: Canada Bay Canada Bay Inner West Strathfield Municipality of Burwood Inner West Cumberland Canterbury-Bankstown Cumberland

The Municipality of Burwood 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.

Suburbs in the local government area

The following suburbs within the Municipality of Burwood are:

• Burwood
• Burwood Heights
• Enfield
• Enfield South

The Municipality also includes portions of:

• Croydon (shared with Ashfield Council)
• Croydon Park (shared with the City of Canterbury and Ashfield Council)
• Strathfield (shared with the City of Canada Bay and Strathfield Council)

Demographics

At the 2016 census, there were 36,809 people in the Burwood local government area, of these 48.3 per cent were male and 51.7 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 33 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 13.0 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 42.2 per cent were married and 6.0 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.^[3][4] The median weekly income for residents within the Municipality of Burwood of was generally on par with the national average.^[1]

At the 2016 census, the proportion of residents in Burwood local government area who stated their ancestry as Chinese was in excess of seven times the state and national averages; and the proportion of households where an Asian language was spoken at home was approximately eight times higher than the national average.^[1]

Selected historical census data for Burwood local government area
Census year			2001[3]	2006[4]	2011[5]	2016[1]
Population		Estimated residents on census night	29,381	30,926	32,423	36,809
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			57th	55th
		% of New South Wales population			0.46%	0.49%
		% of Australian population	0.16%	0.16%	0.15%	0.16%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Chinese			21.8%	28.1%
		English			9.9%	9.2%
		Australian			10.4%	8.8%
		Italian			8.0%	6.8%
		Irish			4.6%	4.4%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Mandarin	5.8%	10.1%	12.7%	20.3%
		Cantonese	7.8%	8.5%	8.8%	8.6%
		Italian	7.3%	6.5%	5.7%	4.4%
		Korean	5.4%	4.7%	4.5%	3.9%
		Arabic	5.7%	4.9%	4.4%	3.7%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		No religion, so described	12.6%	16.6%	21.5%	32.7%
		Catholic	36.9%	33.4%	30.2%	24.6%
		Not stated				8.2%
		Hinduism	n/c	n/c	7.2%	7.5%
		Buddhism	5.8%	6.3%	7.3%	6.8%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		A$403	A$490	Data to be released in October 2017
		% of Australian median income		86.5%	84.9%
Family income		Median weekly family income		A$1,071	A$1,441
		% of Australian median income		104.3%	97.3%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$1,194	A$1,310
		% of Australian median income		102.0%	106.1%

Council

Current composition and election method

Burwood Council is composed of seven Councillors, including the Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is directly elected while the six other Councillors are elected proportionally as one ward. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council, including the Mayor, was as follows:^[6][7]

The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:^[6]

History

The municipality was incorporated on 27 March 1874. The council chambers in Conder Street were designed by architect Jack Hennessy and built in 1877. Hennessy was later mayor of Burwood.^[10]

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. The government proposed a merger of the Burwood, 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.^[11] In May 2016 Strathfield Council challenged the proposed merger between Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay 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.^[12] 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.^[13]

See also

• List of local government areas in New South Wales
• Local government areas of New South Wales

References

External links

• Burwood Council website