Population 122,859 (2015 est) State electorate(s) Davidson
Ku-ring-gai Ku-ring-gai Council Northern Beaches Council seat Gordon Federal division Division of Bradfield | Mayor Jennifer Anderson Website Ku-ring-gai Council Area 86 km² Region Sydney Designer B. J. Waterhouse | |
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Established 6 March 1906 (Shire)
22 September 1928 (Municipality) Points of interest Lane Cove National Park, Ku‑ring‑gai Wildflower Garden, Echo Point Park, Sphinx Memorial, Rose Seidler House | ||
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Ku-ring-gai Council is a local government area in the north shore region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region is named after the Kuringgai tribe who once inhabited the area.
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- Map of Ku Ring Gai NSW Australia
- Ku ring gai council s 2013 festival on the green
- Suburbs and localities in the local government area
- Demographics
- Current composition and election method
- Council history
- Planning and development
- Local Government 2015 Review of Boundaries
- References
Map of Ku-Ring-Gai, NSW, Australia
Major transport routes through the area include the Pacific Highway and North Shore railway line. Because of its good soils and elevated position as part of the Hornsby Plateau, Ku-ring-gai was originally covered by a large area of dry sclerophyll forest, parts of which still remain and form a component of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. There are also many domestic gardens in the residential parts of Ku-ring-gai.
The Mayor of Ku-ring-gai Council is Cr. Jennifer Anderson, an independent politician. At the 2012 local government election, David Ossip, aged 20 years, made history as he became the youngest person to ever be elected as a Councillor in the history of Ku-Ring-Gai Council. He was elected as the Council's Deputy Mayor in September 2015.
Ku ring gai council s 2013 festival on the green
Suburbs and localities in the local government area
Suburbs and localities serviced by Ku-ring-gai Council are:
Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 109,297 people in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area, of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population, significantly below the national average of 2.5%. The median age of people in the Ku-ring-gai Council area was 41 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 61.5% were married and 6.1% were either divorced or separated; a rate that is approximately half the national average.
Population growth in the Ku-ring-gai Council area between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 0.93% and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 8.13%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area was lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Ku-ring-gai Council area was significantly higher than the national average. At the 2011 Census, the area was linguistically diverse, with Asian languages spoken in more than 12% of households; more than four times the national average. Whilst the rate of all residents in the Ku-ring-gai Council area who nominated a religious affiliation with the Anglican Church has been declining over a number of Census periods, the proportion during the 2011 Census was 40% greater than the national average of 17.1%.
Current composition and election method
Ku-ring-gai a Council is composed of ten Councillors elected proportionally as five separate wards, each electing two Councillors. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council is as follows:
The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election by ward, is:
Council history
Ku-ring-gai was first incorporated on 6 March 1906 as the "Shire of Ku-ring-gai" and the first Shire Council was elected on 24 November 1906. The first leader of the council was elected at the first meeting on 8 December 1906, when Councillor William Cowan was elected as Shire President. There would not be a Deputy President until the council election on 1 March 1920.
On 22 September 1928, the Shire of Ku-ring-gai was proclaimed as the "Municipality of Ku-ring-gai" and the titles of 'Shire President' and 'Councillor' were retitled to be 'Mayor' and 'Alderman' respectively. In 1993, with the passing of a new Local Government Act, council was retitled as simply "Ku-ring-gai Council" and Aldermen were retitled as Councillors.
Planning and development
During the term of former Planning Minister, Frank Sartor, planning law reforms were passed that gave development approval to a panel and away from local government. These new laws were controversially implemented in Ku-ring-gai, with immense opposition from the local population who claim that their suburbs, with nationally recognised heritage values in both housing and original native forest, are being trashed by slab-sided apartment developments with no effective protection provided by either the Ku-ring-gai Council or the State Government. This has been termed "The Rape of Ku-ring-gai".
The laws are intended to take development approval power away from local councils and to the Planning NSW, via the development panels. Planning panels are about to be introduced across New South Wales under recently passed planning reforms. In 2005-06, Ku-ring-gai had the second highest reported total development value in the state - A$1.7 billion, more than Parramatta, second only to the City of Sydney.
Local Government 2015 Review of Boundaries
A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that Ku-ring-gai Council and Hornsby Shire merge to form a new council with an area of 540 square kilometres (210 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 270,000. The proposal is currently on hold, pending a legal challenge initiated by the council.