City of Canada Bay

This article is about the local government area. For the suburb, see Canada Bay, New South Wales. For the bay, see Canada Bay.

City of Canada Bay New South Wales
Location in Metropolitan Sydney
Coordinates	33°51′S 151°09′E
Population	88,015 (2016 census)
• Density	4,440.7/km2 (11,501.4/sq mi)
Established	1 December 2000
Area	19.82 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
Mayor	Angelo Tsirekas
Council seat	Drummoyne
Region	Metropolitan Sydney
State electorate(s)	Drummoyne Strathfield Auburn
Federal division(s)	Reid
File:City of Canada Bay Logo.jpg
Website	City of Canada Bay
LGAs around City of Canada Bay: Ryde Ryde Hunter's Hill Cumberland City of Canada Bay Inner West Strathfield Burwood Inner West

City of Canada Bay sign, Concord Road, North Strathfield

The City of Canada Bay is a local government area in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The city was formed on 1 December 2000, following the merger of Concord and Drummoyne councils. The city covers an area of 19.82 square kilometres (7.65 sq mi) and as at the 2016 census had a resident population of 88,015. The city is ultimately named after Canada Bay, a bay on the Parramatta River.

The Mayor of the City of Canada Bay Council is Cr. Angelo Tsirekas, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Postcode and localities in the local government area

Suburbs in the City of Canada Bay are:

• Abbotsford
• Breakfast Point
• Cabarita
• Canada Bay
• Chiswick
• Concord
• Concord West
• Drummoyne
• Five Dock
• Liberty Grove
• Mortlake
• North Strathfield
• Rhodes
• Rodd Point
• Russell Lea
• Strathfield (Most of the suburb lies within the Municipality of Strathfield with other parts in Burwood Council)
• Wareemba

Some of the localities in the City of Canada Bay are:

• Birkenhead Point
• Concord Repatriation General Hospital

Demographics

At the 2016 census there were 88,015 people in the Canada Bay local government area; of these 48.1 per cent were male and 51.9 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5 per cent of the population. The median age of people in the City of Canada Bay was 36 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 16.2 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.8 per cent were married and 9.3 per cent were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in the City of Canada Bay between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 10.73 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 15.24 per cent. t the 2016 census, the population in the City of Canada Bay increased by 16.17 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in Canada Bay local government area was nearly double the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Canada Bay is significantly higher than the national average.

Selected historical census data for Canada Bay local government area
Census year			2001	2006	2011	2016
Population		Estimated residents on census night	59,371	65,742	75,763	88,015
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			28th	27th
		% of New South Wales population			1.10%	1.17%
		% of Australian population	0.32%	0.33%	0.35%	0.38%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		English			16.5%	15.4%
		Australian			16.3%	13.8%
		Chinese			9.1%	13.3%
		Italian			12.8%	12.6%
		Irish			7.5%	7.1%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Mandarin	1.7%	2.7%	5.1%	9.8%
		Italian	12.2%	10.1%	8.8%	7.1%
		Korean	n/c	2.2%	3.1%	4.2%
		Cantonese	2.7%	3.3%	3.7%	3.9%
		Greek	3.3%	2.9%	2.8%	2.2%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Catholic	43.4%	41.7%	39.2%	33.9%
		No religion, so described	11.1%	13.4%	18.6%	27.7%
		Not stated	n/c	n/c	n/c	8.7%
		Anglican	15.8%	13.4%	11.2%	7.9%
		Eastern Orthodox	5.1%	5.1%	7.2%	4.2%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		A$664	A$782	A$882
		% of Australian median income		142.5%	135.5%	133.2%
Family income		Median weekly family income		A$1,510	A$2,152	A$2,361
		% of Australian median income		147.0%	145.3%	136.2%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$1,773	A$1,817	A$2,061
		% of Australian median income		151.4%	147.2%	143.3%
Dwelling structure
Dwelling type		Separate house		51.2%	45.5%	38.6%
		Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse		10.6%	12.0%	9.3%
		Flat or apartment		37.6%	41.8%	50.7%

Council

Mayor	Term	Notes
Michael Wroblewski (Ind)	12 December 2000 – September 2002
Angelo Tsirekas (ALP)	September 2002 – 4 June 2016
Helen McCaffrey (Lib)	31 August 2016 – 9 September 2017
Angelo Tsirekas (ALP)	9 September 2017 – date
Deputy Mayor	Term	Notes
Angelo Tsirekas (ALP)	12 December 2000 – September 2002
Pauline Tyrrell (GRN)	September 2002 – March 2004
????	March 2004 – September 2010
Marian O'Connell (ALP)	September 2010 – September 2012
Pauline Tyrrell (GRN)	September 2012 – September 2014
Tony Fasanella (ALP)	September 2014 – September 2015	Mayor of Drummoyne 1994–1995, 1998–2000
Helen McCaffrey (Lib)	September 2015 – 31 August 2016
Tony Fasanella (ALP)	6 September 2016 – 9 September 2017

Current composition and election method

Canada Bay City Council is composed of nine Councillors, including the Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor has been directly elected since 2004 while the eight other Councillors are elected proportionally as one ward. The most recent election was held on 9 September 2017, and the makeup of the Council, including the Mayor, was as follows:

Party		Councillors
	Australian Labor Party	4
	Liberal Party of Australia	3
	The Greens	1
	Independent	1
	Total	9

The current Council, elected in 2017, in order of election, is:

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Angelo Tsirekas	Labor	Mayor 2002–2016, 2017–date
	Michael Megna	Liberal
	Julia Little	Labor
	Charles Jago	Greens
	Stephanie Di Pasqua	Liberal
	Andrew Ferguson	Labor
	Nicholas Yap	Liberal
	Marian Parnaby	Labor
	Daniela Ramondino	Independent

History

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the City of Canada Bay 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. In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.

See also

• List of local government areas of New South Wales
• City of Canada Bay Museum

External links

• City of Canada Bay website
• Suburbs of Canada Bay
• Archived site with a brief history of the area
• Canada in Australia: Canadian Department of Foreign and International Affairs