Municipality of Burwood
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Municipality of Burwood New South Wales |
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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 | 36,139 (2015 est) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 5,163/km2 (13,370/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| 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.
The municipality was established in 1874. The council chambers in Conder Street were designed by architect Jack Hennessy and built in 1877. Hennessy was later mayor of Burwood.
A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Municipality of Burwood merge with adjoining councils. The government proposed a merger of the Burwood, Canada Bay, and Strathfield Councils to form a new council with an area of 41 square kilometres (16 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 163,000. In May 2016 Strathfield Council challenged the proposed merger between Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay and commenced proceedings in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court. After the Court heard that there were legal flaws in the report from the State Government appointed delegate who examined the proposal for merging the councils, the NSW Government withdrew from the case and the merger proposal stalled.
The following suburbs within the Municipality of Burwood are:
The Municipality also includes portions of:
At the 2011 census, there were 32,423 people in the Burwood local government area, of these 49.1 per cent were male and 50.9 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4 per cent of the population. The median age of people in the Municipality of Burwood was 35 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 14.7 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 47.8 per cent were married and 8.2 per cent were either divorced or separated.
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