Camden Council (New South Wales)
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Camden Council New South Wales |
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Location in Metropolitan Sydney
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| Coordinates | 34°03′S 150°42′E / 34.050°S 150.700°ECoordinates: 34°03′S 150°42′E / 34.050°S 150.700°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 72,256 (2015 Est.) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 359.5/km2 (931/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Area | 201 km2 (77.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor | Lara Symkowiak (Liberal) | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Camden | ||||||||||||
| Region | Metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Camden | ||||||||||||
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| Website | Camden Council | ||||||||||||
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Camden Council is a local government area in the Macarthur region, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located south west of the Sydney central business district and comprises 201 square kilometres (78 sq mi).
The Mayor of Camden is Cr. Lara Symkowiak, a member of the Liberal Party.
Suburbs serviced by Camden Council are:
At the 2011 Census, there were 56,720 people in the Camden local government area, of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population. The median age of people in the Camden Council area was 34 years, which is slightly lower than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the Camden Council area between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 13.35%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 14.25%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Camden local government area was nearly double the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Camden Council area was generally slightly higher than the national average.
At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Camden local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon approached 70% of all residents. In excess of 56.0% of residents in the Camden Council area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 Census, compared with the national average of 50.2%; and the proportion of residents with no religion was about half the national average. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Camden local government area had a low proportion (14.1%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a very high proportion (86.3%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).
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