Local government area in New South Wales, Australia
The
City of Hawkesbury
is a
local government area
of
New South Wales
,
Australia
, located on the northern and north-western fringe of the
Greater Sydney
area, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of the
Sydney central business district
. Hawkesbury City is named after the
Hawkesbury River
. Major towns in City of Hawkesbury are
Windsor
,
Richmond
and
Pitt Town
.
The
mayor
of the City of Hawkesbury is
Cr.
Sarah McMahon, a member of the
Liberal Party
.
Suburbs and localities in the local government area
[
edit
]
Suburbs and localities in the City of Hawkesbury are:
History
[
edit
]
The original inhabitants of the Hawkesbury district were the
Darug
tribe of
Aboriginals
, also spelt as Dharug or Daruk. The river, which they called Derrubbin, was a focal point as a source of food and transport. The Darug people used the river to farm for fish, eels, water birds, and mussels. They also used the river as a mode of transport in bark canoes.
[2]
It was first settled by
Europeans
in 1794 in a bid to acquire
arable land
to feed the increasing population of the
penal colony
at Sydney. In April 1794,
Lieutenant Governor
Francis Grose
submitted plans for the first 22 farms on the Hawkesbury River in the present
Pitt Town
Bottoms area. In June 1795, Lieutenant Governor
William Paterson
deployed troops to engage with Aboriginals inhabiting land along the Hawkesbury River.
[3]
[
editorializing
]
By 1811 Governor
Lachlan Macquarie
established the five
Macquarie Towns
in the area. They are Windsor, Richmond,
Castlereagh
, Wilberforce and Pitt Town. Many of the early 19th century buildings still survive today. Ebenezer has the oldest surviving church and school building in Australia. Windsor District Council was formed in 1843 and disbanded in 1846. In 1871 the Borough Council of Windsor was founded and the
Richmond Borough Council
followed in 1872. The two councils amalgamated in 1949 to become the
Municipality of Windsor
.
Colo Shire
Council was established in 1906 and joined Windsor Municipal Council from 1 January 1981 to become Hawkesbury Shire Council.
[4]
[5]
On 1 July 1989, Hawkesbury became a City.
[6]
[7]
On its creation in 1981, Hawkesbury was largely rural, but urban expansion within Sydney has since transformed the southern part of the area into
dormitory suburbs
. The northern part of the local government area still contains some farmlands and
national parkland
.
Demographics
[
edit
]
At the
2021 Census
, there were 67,207 people in the Hawkesbury local government area. Of these, 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
made up 4.8% of the population, which was 1.6% above the national average. The
median
age of people in the City of Hawkesbury was 39 years. Children aged 0 ? 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.
[8]
Population in the City of Hawkesbury between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census decreased by 0.54%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 2.96%. Between the 2011 and 2016 Census, population increased by a further 1.04%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, population growth in Hawkesbury local government area was significantly lower than the national average.
[9]
The median
weekly income
for residents within the City of Hawkesbury has been consistently marginally higher than the national average.
[10]
[11]
[12]
[8]
At the 2021 Census, the proportion of residents in the Hawkesbury local government area who stated their
ancestry
as
Australian
or
English
amounted to 80.8%, representing an increase from 62% in 2011. Many people from the Hawkesbury identified as having a
Catholic
(26.0%) or
Anglican
(19.3%)
religious affiliation
in 2021.
Selected historical census data for Hawkesbury local government area
|
Census year
|
2001
[9]
|
2006
[12]
|
2011
[11]
|
2016
[10]
|
2021
[8]
|
Population
|
Estimated residents on
census night
|
60,887
|
60,561
|
62,353
|
64,592
|
67,207
|
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales
|
|
34
th
|
|
|
|
% of New South Wales population
|
|
|
0.90%
|
1.66%
|
0.83%
|
% of Australian population
|
0.32%
|
0.31%
|
0.29%
|
0.27%
|
0.26%
|
Cultural and language diversity
|
|
|
|
|
Ancestry
,
top responses
|
Australian
|
|
|
32.6%
|
30.4%
|
41.1%
|
English
|
|
|
29.5%
|
29.5%
|
39.7%
|
Irish
|
|
|
7.6%
|
8.3%
|
10.6%
|
Scottish
|
|
|
6.3%
|
6.8%
|
9.5%
|
Maltese
|
|
|
3.1%
|
3.5%
|
5.8%
|
Language,
top responses
(other than
English
)
|
Maltese
|
0.8%
|
0.7%
|
0.8%
|
0.9%
|
0.9%
|
Italian
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
|
0.5%
|
0.4%
|
0.4%
|
Cantonese
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
German
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
?
|
Arabic
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.4%
|
Punjabi
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
0.5%
|
Religious affiliation
|
|
|
|
|
Religious
affiliation,
top responses
|
Catholic
|
26.6%
|
27.3%
|
28.2%
|
27.5%
|
26.0%
|
Anglican
|
30.9%
|
29.9%
|
29.4%
|
24.6%
|
19.3%
|
No Religion
|
12.2%
|
14.8%
|
16.7%
|
23.9%
|
33.7%
|
Not stated
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
8.3%
|
5.5%
|
Uniting Church
|
5.7%
|
5.0%
|
4.4%
|
3.3%
|
2.6%
|
Presbyterian and Reformed
|
3.0%
|
5.7%
|
2.8%
|
?
|
?
|
Median weekly incomes
|
|
|
|
|
Personal income
|
Median weekly personal income
|
?
|
$527
|
$622
|
$728
|
$860
|
% of Australian median income
|
?
|
113.1%
|
107.8%
|
110.0%
|
106.8%
|
Family income
|
Median weekly family income
|
?
|
$1,146
|
$1,598
|
$1,916
|
$2,272
|
% of Australian median income
|
?
|
111.6%
|
107.9%
|
110.5%
|
107.1%
|
Household income
|
Median weekly household income
|
?
|
$1,290
|
$1,385
|
$1,668
|
$1,980
|
% of Australian median income
|
?
|
110.2%
|
112.2%
|
116.0%
|
113.4%
|
Council
[
edit
]
Current composition and election method
[
edit
]
Hawkesbury City Council is composed of twelve
councillors
elected
proportionally
as one entire
ward
. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The
mayor
is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:
[13]
The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:
[13]
2021 election results
[
edit
]
Elected councillor
|
Party
|
|
Sarah McMahon
|
Liberal
|
|
Patrick Conolly
|
Liberal
|
|
Paul Veigel
|
Liberal
|
|
Jill Reardon
|
Liberal
|
|
Barry Calvert
|
Labor
|
|
Amanda Kotlash
|
Labor
|
|
Mary Lyons-Buckett
|
People Not Parties
|
|
Nathan Zamprogno
|
Ind. Liberal
|
|
Les Sheather
|
Les and The Doc
|
|
Shane Djuric
|
SFF
|
|
Danielle Wheeler
|
Greens
|
|
Eddie Dogramaci
|
Small Business
|
Mayors
[
edit
]
Mayor
|
Party
|
Term
|
Notes
|
|
|
|
1981 ? 27 September 1994
|
|
|
Dr Rex Stubbs
|
Independent
|
27 September 1994 ? 30 September 1997
|
[16]
|
|
|
|
30 September 1997 ? 29 September 1999
|
|
|
Dr Rex Stubbs
OAM
|
Independent
|
29 September 1999 ? 27 September 2004
|
[16]
|
|
Bart Bassett
|
Liberal
|
27 September 2004 ? 18 September 2006
|
[17]
|
|
Dr Rex Stubbs
OAM
|
Independent
|
18 September 2006 ? 18 September 2007
|
[18]
|
|
Bart Bassett
|
Liberal
|
18 September 2007 ? 20 September 2011
|
[19]
|
Kim Ford
|
20 September 2011 ? 10 September 2016
|
[20]
[21]
[22]
|
|
Mary Lyons-Buckett
|
Independent
|
27 September 2016 ? 18 September 2018
|
[23]
|
|
Barry Calvert
|
Labor
|
18 September 2018 ? 22 September 2020
|
[24]
|
|
Patrick Conolly
|
Liberal
|
22 September 2020 ? 23 August 2022
|
[25]
|
|
Sarah McMahon
|
Liberal
|
23 August 2022 ? date
|
|
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Australian Bureau of Statistics
(28 June 2022).
"Hawkesbury (Local Government Area)"
.
Australian Census 2021 QuickStats
. Retrieved
28 June
2022
.
- ^
"Hawkesbury - A Brief Look At The History Of The Hawkesbury"
.
www.westernsydneylibraries.nsw.gov.au
.
Archived
from the original on 27 February 2024
. Retrieved
28 October
2018
.
- ^
Grassby, Albert Jaime
; Hill, Marji (1988).
Six Australian Battlefields
. Angus & Robertson. p. 324.
ISBN
1864486724
.
- ^
"ELECTIONS POSTPONED 40 country councils in NSW to amalgamate"
.
The Canberra Times
. Vol. 54, no. 16, 346. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 June 1980. p. 6
. Retrieved
2 November
2017
– via National Library of Australia.
- ^
"Details of new NSW local government"
.
The Canberra Times
. Vol. 55, no. 16, 459. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 October 1980. p. 9
. Retrieved
2 November
2017
– via National Library of Australia.
- ^
"History of the Hawkesbury"
. Hawkesbury City Council. 2012. Archived from
the original
on 18 March 2012
. Retrieved
2 September
2012
.
- ^
"LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1919?PROCLAMATION"
.
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales
. No. 81. New South Wales, Australia. 30 June 1989. p. 3854
. Retrieved
8 March
2019
– via National Library of Australia.
- ^
a
b
c
Australian Bureau of Statistics
(28 June 2022).
"Hawkesbury"
.
2021 Census QuickStats
. Retrieved
27 February
2024
.
- ^
a
b
Australian Bureau of Statistics
(9 March 2006).
"Hawkesbury (C)"
.
2001 Census QuickStats
. Retrieved
27 November
2012
.
- ^
a
b
Australian Bureau of Statistics
(27 June 2017).
"Hawkesbury (C)"
.
2016 Census QuickStats
. Retrieved
28 October
2018
.
- ^
a
b
Australian Bureau of Statistics
(31 October 2012).
"Hawkesbury (C)"
.
2011 Census QuickStats
. Retrieved
27 November
2012
.
- ^
a
b
Australian Bureau of Statistics
(25 October 2007).
"Hawkesbury (C)"
.
2006 Census QuickStats
. Retrieved
27 November
2012
.
- ^
a
b
"Hawkesbury City Council"
.
Local Government Elections 2021
.
Electoral Commission of New South Wales
.
Archived
from the original on 27 February 2024
. Retrieved
27 February
2024
.
- ^
"City of Hawkesbury"
. ABC News.
- ^
"Hawkesbury Council election will be held on Saturday, December 4"
. Hawkesbury Gazette.
- ^
a
b
"Councillors ? Biographical Details"
. Hawkesbury City Council. Archived from
the original
on 15 July 2004
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
- ^
"Councillor Bart Bassett"
.
Councillors ? Biographical details
. Hawkesbury City Council. Archived from
the original
on 6 April 2011
. Retrieved
8 April
2011
.
- ^
"Dr Rex STUBBS ? Medal of the Order of Australia"
.
It's an Honour database
. Australian Government. 11 June 2001
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
For service to local government, and to the community of the Hawkesbury area.
- ^
"Special Meeting Minutes"
(PDF)
. City of Hawkesbury. 18 September 2007
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
- ^
"Extraordinary Meeting Minutes"
(PDF)
. City of Hawkesbury. 20 September 2011
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
- ^
Machado, Lawrence (22 September 2014).
"Liberal Kim Ford scores a fourth term as Hawkesbury Mayor"
. Rouse Hill Times
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
- ^
Shaw, Roderick (16 September 2015).
"Hawkesbury Mayor re-elected with new deputy"
. Hawkesbury Gazette
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
- ^
"NEW MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR ELECTED FOR HAWKESBURY"
. Hills to Hawkesbury Living
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
- ^
Pollard, Krystyna (19 September 2018).
"Name of new mayor pulled out of hat after votes deadlocked at council"
. Hawkesbury Gazette
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
- ^
Lawrence, Matt (23 September 2020).
"Patrick Conolly elected Hawkesbury Mayor for final year of term"
. Hawkesbury Gazette
. Retrieved
21 March
2021
.
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
Metropolitan Sydney
| Inner Sydney
| |
---|
Outer Sydney
| |
---|
Sydney Surrounds
| |
---|
|
---|
Mid North Coast
| |
---|
Murray
| |
---|
Murrumbidgee
| |
---|
Hunter
| |
---|
Illawarra
| |
---|
Richmond Tweed
| |
---|
Southeastern
| |
---|
Northern
| |
---|
Central West
| |
---|
North Western
| |
---|
Far West
| |
---|
External territories
| |
---|