Municipality of Woollahra
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Woollahra Municipal Council New South Wales |
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Population | 52,158 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 4,346.5/km2 (11,257/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Toni Zeltzer (Liberal) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Double Bay | ||||||||||||||
Region | Metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Wentworth | ||||||||||||||
Website | Woollahra Municipal Council | ||||||||||||||
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Woollahra Municipal Council (or Woollahra Council) is a local government area in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woollahra is bounded by Sydney Harbour in the north, Waverley Council in the east, Randwick City in the south and the City of Sydney in the west.
The administrative centre of Woollahra Municipal Council is located in Double Bay. The Mayor of Woollahra Municipal Council is Cr. Toni Zeltzer, a member of the Liberal Party.
The community is culturally diverse, creative and well educated, featuring a skilled and varied business community. Woollahra is an area with extensive natural beauty and heritage appealing to residents, visitors and tourists who enjoy its parks, waterfront locations and historical buildings.
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History of Woollahra
The name 'Woollahra' is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'camp' or 'meeting ground'.[2]
A petition was submitted in 1859 with 144 signatures of local residents from Darling Point, Paddington and Watsons Bay for the formation of the Municipality. With no petition against formation of the Municipality, Woollahra was proclaimed to be named so on 17 April 1860, and gazetted on 20 April 1860. At the first meeting, The Hon. George Thornton was elected as the first Chairman of Woollahra.[2]
In 1947, after previously acquiring 'Iron House' on Ocean Street, in the 1860s, Council transferred to the current site at Redleaf.[2]
Woollahra largely developed as a residential locality. A few small local industries were established in Woollahra, Double Bay and Paddington; but with the residential gentrification of Paddington and Woollahra in the 1960s, most of these cottage industries had vanished by the end of the 20th century.[citation needed]
Woollahra's cultural heritage has been enriched by the influx of people from many different cultural backgrounds. Some of the influential immigrants to Woollahra have been the Chinese market gardeners, who began leasing land in Double Bay gully and Rose Bay in the 1880s; the Portuguese whalers who settled at Watsons Bay in the 19th century, building a church and becoming a part of the village life, and the many Europeans who migrated after World War II and helped change the face of commercial centres such as Double Bay.[citation needed]
Suburbs in the local government area
Suburbs in the area include:
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Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 52,158 people in the Woollahra local government area, of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population. The median age of people in the Municipality of Woollahra was 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 43.1% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.[1]
Population growth in the Municipality of Woollahra between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 0.70%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 3.98%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Woollahra local government area was significantly lower than the national average.[3] The median weekly income for residents within the Municipality of Woollahra was double the national average.[1][4]
At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Judaism was in excess of twenty–eight times the state and national averages.[1]
Selected historical census data for Woollahra local government area | |||||
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Census year | 2001[3] | 2006[4] | 2011[1] | ||
Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 49,814 | 50,161 | 52,158 | |
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 19 | ||||
% of New South Wales population | 1.90% | 0.75% | |||
% of Australian population | 0.26% | ![]() |
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Cultural and language diversity | |||||
Ancestry, top responses |
English | 23.6% | |||
Australian | 17.7% | ||||
Irish | 9.0% | ||||
Scottish | 6.9% | ||||
German | 2.7% | ||||
Language, top responses (other than English) |
Greek | 1.4% | ![]() |
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Cantonese | 1.2% | ![]() |
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French | 1.0% | ![]() |
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Italian | 1.2% | ![]() |
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Mandarin | n/c | n/c | ![]() |
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Religious affiliation, top responses |
No religion | 15.1% | ![]() |
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Catholic | 19.9% | ![]() |
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Anglican | 21.2% | ![]() |
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Judaism | 13.4% | ![]() |
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Eastern Orthodox | 3.0% | ![]() |
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Median weekly incomes | |||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$976 | A$1,145 | ||
% of Australian median income | 209.4% | 198.4% | |||
Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,917 | A$2,832 | ||
% of Australian median income | 186.7% | 191.2% | |||
Household income | Median weekly household income | A$2,654 | A$2,398 | ||
% of Australian median income | 226.6% | 194.3% |
Woollahra Municipal Council
Current composition and election method
Woollahra Municipal Council is composed of fifteen Councillors elected proportionally as five separate wards, each electing three 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:[5][6][7][8][9]
Party | Councillors | |
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Liberal Party of Australia | 9 | |
Residents First Woollahra | 3 | |
The Greens | 1 | |
Total | 13 |
The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election by ward, is:
Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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Bellevue Hill Ward[5] | Greg Levenston | Liberal | ||
Andrew Petrie | Liberal | |||
Jeff Zulman | Residents First | |||
Cooper Ward[6] | Katherine O'Regan | Liberal | ||
Luise Elsing | Residents First | |||
Anthony Marano | Liberal | |||
Double Bay Ward[7] | Toni Zeltzer | Liberal | Mayor | |
James Keulemans | Liberal | |||
Deborah Thomas | Liberal | |||
Paddington Ward[8] | Peter Cavanagh | Liberal | ||
Elena Wise | Residents First | Resigned in 2015[10] | ||
Matthew Robertson | The Greens | |||
Vaucluse Ward[9] | Anthony Boskovitz | Liberal | Resigned in 2015[10] | |
Ted Bennett | Liberal | |||
Susan Wynne | Residents First | Deputy Mayor |
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