Mosman Council

Mosman Council New South Wales
Location in metropolitan Sydney
Coordinates	33°50′S 151°15′E / 33.833°S 151.250°E / -33.833; 151.250Coordinates: 33°50′S 151°15′E / 33.833°S 151.250°E / -33.833; 151.250
Population	28,475 (2016 census)
• Density	3,160/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Established	11 April 1893 (1893-04-11) (as Borough of Mosman)
Area	9 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Mayor	Peter Abelson (Serving Mosman)
Council seat	Mosman
Region	Metropolitan Sydney
State electorate(s)	North Shore
Federal Division(s)	Warringah
Website	Mosman Council
LGAs around Mosman Council: Willoughby Middle Harbour Northern Beaches North Sydney Mosman Council Sydney Heads Sydney Sydney Harbour Woollahra

The Mosman Council is a local government area on the lower north shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The Mayor of the Mosman Council is Cr. Peter Abelson, a representative of the Serving Mosman independent political group.

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:

At the 2016 census, there were 28,475 people in the Mosman local government area, of these 46.3 per cent were male and 53.7 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2 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 Mosman Council area was 42 years; significantly above the national average of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 17.6 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 51.8 per cent were married and 10.3 per cent were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in the Mosman local government area between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 2.99 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 4.64 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the Mosman Council area increased by 3.72 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the Mosman local government area was lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Mosman Council area was significantly higher and nearly double the national average.