Ku-ring-gai Council
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Ku-ring-gai Council New South Wales |
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Location in Metropolitan Sydney
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| Coordinates | 33°45′15″S 151°09′06″E / 33.75417°S 151.15167°ECoordinates: 33°45′15″S 151°09′06″E / 33.75417°S 151.15167°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 122,859 (2015 est) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,428.6/km2 (3,700/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 6 March 1906 (Shire) 22 September 1928 (Municipality) |
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| Area | 86 km2 (33.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor | Jennifer Anderson | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Ku-ring-gai Council Chambers, Gordon | ||||||||||||
| Region | Metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Federal Division(s) | Bradfield | ||||||||||||
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| Website | Ku-ring-gai Council | ||||||||||||
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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.
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.
Suburbs and localities serviced by Ku-ring-gai Council are:
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.
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