Municipality of Hunter's Hill

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Suburbs and localities in the local government area

Suburbs and localities in the Municipality of Hunters Hill are:

Council history

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Municipality of Hunter's Hill merge with adjoining councils. The government proposed a merger of the Hunter's Hill, Lane Cove and Ryde Councils to form a new council with an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and support a population of approximately 164,000.[4] In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the Hunter's Hill, Lane Cove and Ryde local government areas along with several other proposed forced mergers.[5]

Demographics

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Population growth in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill between the Template:CensusAU and the Template:CensusAU was 5.34 per cent and in the subsequent five years to the Template:CensusAU, population decreased by 0.20 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the Municipality decreased by 0.12 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the Hunter's Hill local government area was significantly lower than the national average.[6][7][8] The median weekly income for residents within the Municipality of Hunter's Hill was significantly higher than the national average.

Selected historical census data for Hunter's Hill local government area
Census year 2001[9] 2006[7] 2011[8] 2016[6]
Population Estimated residents on census night 12,570 Increase 13,241 Decrease 13,215 Decrease 13,199
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales 86th Increase 82ndScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Increase 79thScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
% of New South Wales population 0.19% Decrease 0.18%
% of Australian population 0.07% Steady 0.07% Decrease 0.06% Steady 0.06%
Estimated ATSI population on census night 44 Increase 72 Decrease 54 Increase81
% of ATSI population to residents 0.4% Increase 0.5% Decrease 0.4% Increase 0.6%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses		 English 23.8% Decrease 22.4%
Australian 22.8% Decrease 20.0%
Irish 10.8% Increase 11.0%
Scottish 6.4% Increase 6.6%
Chinese n/c Increase 6.1%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)		 Mandarin n/c Increase 1.5% Increase 2.0% Increase 3.2%
Cantonese 2.2% Decrease 2.1% Increase 2.5% Decrease 2.4%
Italian 2.8% Decrease 2.6% Decrease 2.5% Decrease 2.1%
Greek 2.3% Decrease 2.2% Decrease 2.1% Decrease 1.9%
Arabic 0.7% Decrease n/c Increase 0.8% Steady 0.8%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses		 Catholic 36.5% Increase 36.6% Increase 37.5% Decrease 35.5%
No religion, so described 12.8% Increase 14.6% Increase 18.3% Increase 24.4%
Anglican 21.5% Decrease 19.8% Decrease 17.9% Decrease 14.1%
Not stated n/c n/c n/c Increase 8.1%
Eastern Orthodox 3.8% Decrease 3.7% Increase 3.9% Steady 3.9%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income Median weekly personal income Template:AUD704 Template:AUD820 A$977
% of Australian median income 151.1% 142.1% 147.6%
Family income Median weekly family income A$1,815 A$2,715 A$3,301
% of Australian median income 176.7% 183.3% 190.4%
Household income Median weekly household income A$2,506 A$2,178 A$2,467
% of Australian median income 214.0% 176.5% 171.6%

Council

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The Hunters Hill Town Hall, located at 22 Alexandra Street, has been the council seat since 1866.

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Current composition and election method

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A map of the two wards, showing party representation as of the 2021 local elections.

Hunters Hill Municipal Council is composed of seven councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is directly elected while the six other Councillors are elected proportionally as two separate wards, each electing three Councillors. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the Council is as follows:[10][11][12]

Party Councillors
Template:Australian party style|  Independents 4
Template:Australian party style|  Liberal Party of Australia 3
Total 7

The Council, elected in 2021, in order of election by ward, is:

Ward Councillor Party Notes
Mayor[10] Template:Australian party style|  Zac Miles Liberal Mayor 2021–present; South Ward Councillor 2012–2021 (Unaligned until 2017).
North Ward[11] Template:Australian party style|  Ross Williams Independent Elected 1987–1999, 2017–present; Mayor 1989–1993, 2020–2021; Deputy Mayor 2017–2018.[13][14]
Template:Australian party style|  Julia Prieston Liberal
Template:Australian party style|  Elizabeth Krassoi Independent Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2022–date.[15]
South Ward[12] Template:Australian party style|  Tatyana Virgara Liberal
Template:Australian party style|  Jim Sanderson Independent Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2019–2021.[13][16]
Template:Australian party style|  Richard Quinn Independent Mayor 2012–2017.

Election results

2024

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2021

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Heritage listings

The Municipality of Hunter's Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Coat of arms

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See also

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References

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External links

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