Population 30,496 (2015 est) State electorate(s) North Shore Mosman Council Sydney Heads Council seat Mosman Federal division Division of Warringah | Established 11 April 1893 Website Mosman Council Area 9 km² Region Sydney | |
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Mayor Peter Abelson (Serving Mosman) Points of interest Taronga Zoo, Spit Bridge, Roar and Snore, Bradleys Head Road, Headland Park Artist Precinct | ||
The Municipality of Mosman is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Contents
- Map of Mosman NSW Australia
- Suburbs and localities in the local government area
- Demographics
- History
- Current composition and election method
- Sister city
- References
Map of Mosman, NSW, Australia
The Mayor of the Mosman Council is Cr. Peter Abelson, a representative of the Serving Mosman independent political group.
A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Municipality of Mosman merge with adjoining councils. The government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger of Manly and Mosman Councils and parts of Warringah Council to form a new council with an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 153,000. The alternative, proposed by Warringah Council on 23 February 2016, was for an amalgamation of the Pittwater, Manly and Warringah councils. As a consequence of Warringah's proposal, the New South Wales Minister for Local Government Paul Toole proposed that the North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman Council be merged. The outcome of an independent review is expected by mid–2016.
Suburbs and localities in the local government area
In February 1997, the Government gazetted that they had assigned the suburb of Mosman as the only suburb in the Municipality of Mosman. However, Mosman Council decided that residents should continue to be allowed to use the traditional locality names if they wished.
The municipality also includes, manages and maintains the following localities and locations:
Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 27,453 people in the Mosman local government area, of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population. The median age of people in the Municipality of Mosman was 36 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the Municipality of Mosman between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 2.99%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 4.64%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Mosman local government area was lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Municipality of Mosman was significantly higher and nearly double the national average.
In excess of 56.0% of residents in the Municipality of Mosman nominated an affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 Census, compared with the national average of 61.1%. The proportion of residents with no religion was on par with the national average. Compared to the national average, at the 2011 Census, households in the Mosman local government area had a low proportion (16.6%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a high proportion (80.5%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).
History
Mosman was first incorporated in 1867 as the "Mossmans Ward" of the Municipality of St Leonards, which lasted until 1890 when the municipalities of Victoria, St Leonards and East St Leonards merged to form the Municipality of North Sydney, with the Mosman ward renamed as the "Mossman Ward". Following a petition submitted by residents in 1892, on 11 April 1893 the ward's separation as the Borough of Mosman was proclaimed by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Frederick Darley. The first nine-member council was elected on 9 June 1893, with the first mayor, Richard Hayes Harnett Jr., elected on the same day. From 28 December 1906, following the passing of the Local Government Act, 1906, the council was renamed as the "Municipality of Mosman". With the passing of the Local Government Act, 1993, the Municipality of Mosman was legally renamed as Mosman Council and aldermen were renamed councillors.
Current composition and election method
Mosman Municipal 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, is as follows:
The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:
Prior to the 2012 elections, the area was divided into three wards, each electing three councillors.
Sister city
Mosman has twin town status with Glen Innes, New South Wales.