Burwood City Council
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Municipality of Burwood New South Wales |
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Location in Greater Sydney
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| Coordinates | 33°53′S 151°06′E / 33.883°S 151.100°ECoordinates: 33°53′S 151°06′E / 33.883°S 151.100°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 36,809 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 5,300/km2 (13,600/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 27 March 1874 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | John Faker (Labor) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Burwood | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Strathfield | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Municipality of Burwood | ||||||||||||||
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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, who was first elected on 8 September 2012.
The following suburbs within the Municipality of Burwood are:
The Municipality also includes portions of:
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.
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. The median weekly income for residents within the Municipality of Burwood of was generally on par with the national average.
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.
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