City of Onkaparinga

City of Onkaparinga South Australia
Population	160,404(2009)
• Density	294.8/km² (763.5/sq mi)
Established	1997
Area	518.4 km² (200.2 sq mi)
Mayor	Lorraine Rosenberg
Council seat	Noarlunga Centre
Region	Metropolitan Adelaide
County	Adelaide
State/territory electorate(s)	Davenport, Finniss, Fisher, Heysen, Kaurna, Mawson, Mitchell, Reynell
Federal Division(s)	Boothby, Kingston, Mayo
Website	www.onkaparingacity.com
LGAs around City of Onkaparinga: City of Marion City of Mitcham Adelaide Hills Council Gulf St Vincent City of Onkaparinga District Council of Mount Barker District Council of Yankalilla District Council of Yankalilla Alexandrina Council

The City of Onkaparinga is a local government area (LGA) located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from Ngangkiparinga, a Kaurna word meaning women's river. It is the largest LGA in South Australia, with an estimated population of 164,800 people in both urban and rural communities and is also geographically expansive, encompassing an area of 518.3 km². The council is headquartered in the Noarlunga Centre with area offices situated in Aberfoyle Park, Woodcroft and Willunga.

The City of Onkaparinga was formed on the 1 July 1997, from the amalgamation the former Cities of Happy Valley and Noarlunga with part of the District Council of Willunga.

Governance

The Elected Council meets at the chambers in Noarlunga Centre on Hannah Road every three weeks on a Tuesday.

The City of Onkaparinga has 21 elected members (including the mayor). The city is divided into five electoral wards, with four councillors representing each. The mayor is elected at large by all electors.

The current council was elected in 2010 for a four-year term.

Knox Cr Nick Swann Cr Heather Merritt Cr Rod Brown Cr Heidi Greaves Mid South Coast Cr John Gunn Cr Bill Jamieson Cr Chris Knight Cr Kym Richardson

Pimpala Cr Sandra Brown Cr Sharon Nash Cr Peter Schulze (Deputy Mayor) Cr Steve Webster JP Thalassa Cr Martin Bray Cr Darryl Parslow Cr Robert de Jonge Cr Phil Sutherland

Wine Coast Cr Don Chapman Cr Gail Kilby Cr Yvonne Wenham Cr Wayne Olsen

Suburbs

Aberfoyle Park - 5159 Aldinga - 5173 Aldinga Beach – 5173 Blewitt Springs - 5171 Chandlers Hill - 5159 Cherry Gardens - 5157 Christie Downs - 5164 Christies Beach - 5165 Clarendon – 5157 Coromandel East - 5157 Coromandel Valley - 5051 Darlington - 5047 Dorset Vale - 5157 Flagstaff Hill - 5159 Hackham - 5163 Hackham West - 5163 Happy Valley - 5159 Huntfield Heights - 5163 Ironbank - 5153 Kangarilla - 5157 Lonsdale - 5160 Maslin Beach - 5170 McLaren Flat - 5171 McLaren Vale - 5171 Moana - 5169

Morphett Vale – 5162 Noarlunga Centre - 5168 Noarlunga Downs - 5168 O'Halloran Hill - 5158 O'Sullivan Beach - 5166 Old Noarlunga - 5168 Old Reynella - 5161 Onkaparinga Hills - 5163 Port Noarlunga – 5167 Port Noarlunga South - 5167 Port Willunga - 5173 Reynella - 5161 Reynella East - 5161 Seaford - 5169 Seaford Heights - 5169 Seaford Meadows - 5169 Seaford Rise - 5169 Sellicks Beach - 5174 Sellicks Hill - 5174 Tatachilla - 5171 The Range - 5172 Whites Valley - 5172 Willunga - 5172 Willunga South - 5172 Woodcroft – 5162

That is, postcodes 5047, 5051, 5153, and 5157–74 (inclusive).

Notable residents

• John F. Davis, artist/painter, living at Maslin Beach, spouse Evelyn Roth.
• Cedar Prest, an Australian stained glass artist based in Aldinga

See also

• Local Government Areas of South Australia
• List of Adelaide suburbs

External links

• City of Onkaparinga
• Onkaparinga community snapshot
• The South Adelaide Football Club
• The SAFC Fan Forum