City of Randwick

The City of Randwick is a local government area in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1859, Randwick is the second-oldest local government area in New South Wales, after the City of Sydney. It comprises an area of 36 square kilometres (14 sq mi) and as at the 2016 census had a population of 140,660.[1]

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

City of Randwick
New South Wales
Coordinates33°55′S 151°15′E
Population
 • Density3,910/km2 (10,120/sq mi)
Established23 February 1859 (1859-02-23)
Area36 km2 (13.9 sq mi)
MayorDanny Said
Council seatRandwick Town Hall
RegionMetropolitan Sydney
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
WebsiteCity of Randwick
LGAs around City of Randwick:
Sydney Waverley Waverley
Bayside City of Randwick Tasman Sea
Sutherland Sutherland Tasman Sea

The Mayor of the City of Randwick is Cr. Danny Said, a member of NSW Labor, who was elected on 25 September 2019.[3]

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

Suburbs and localities in the City of Randwick are:

These localities are also serviced by Randwick Council:

History

Indigenous Australian history in the area dates back tens of thousands of years. The local people at the time of colonisation were the Cadigal of the Dharug language group. European settlement led to the deaths of many Cadigal via introduced diseases or in conflict with settlers. The surviving Cadigal left the area or were pushed to the fringes of settlement. By the mid-nineteenth century, the original tribal groupings had been effectively destroyed.

The name Randwick comes from the village of Randwick in Gloucestershire, England, birthplace of the district's first mayor Simeon Henry Pearce. The area was home to a few wealthy landowners and the poor residents of several shantytowns until the 1880s, when the coming of trams from Sydney brought extensive suburban development. This development continued steadily, with new tram lines (long since demolished) opening up most of the city for subdivision by the early 1900s. The New South Wales University of Technology opened at Kensington in 1949 on the site of Kensington Racecourse, eventually becoming the University of New South Wales.

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the City of Randwick merge with the Waverley and Woollahra councils to form a new council with an area of 58 square kilometres (22 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 274,000.[4] Following an independent review, in May 2016 the NSW Government sought to dismiss the Council and force its amalgamation with Woollahra and Waverley councils. Woollahra Council instigated legal action claiming that there was procedural unfairness and that a KPMG report at the centre of merger proposals had been "misleading". The matter was heard before the NSW Court of Appeal who, in December 2016, unanimously dismissed Woollahra Council's appeal, finding no merit in its arguments that the proposed merger with Waverley and Randwick councils was invalid.[5] In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the Woollahra, Waverley and Randwick local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.[6]

Town Clerks and General Managers
Name Term Notes
Ernest Henry Strachan 12 May 1898 – 1912 [7]
William Kirby Percival 8 February 1912 – [8]
Richard Thomas Latham 1938 – 1963 [9]
R. A. Woodward 1963 – 1982 [10]
Geoff J. Rose 1982 – 1991 [11]
A. V. Burgess 1991 – 1997 [12]
Gordon Messiter 1997 – July 2004 [13]
Ray Brownlee 2004 – 28 September 2018 [14]
Therese Manns 1 November 2018 – present [15]

Demographics

At the 2016 census, there were 140,660 people in the Randwick local government area, of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population; significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9 and 2.8 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the City of Randwick was 34 years. Children aged 0–14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 38.5% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.[1]

Population growth in the City of Randwick between the 2001 Census and the 2006 census was 1.10%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 7.59%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Randwick local government area was lower than the national average.[16] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Randwick was higher than the national average.[17][18]

Selected historical census data for Randwick local government area
Census year2001[16]2006[18]2011[17]2016[1]
PopulationEstimated residents on census night118,580119,884128,989140,660
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales19th
% of New South Wales population1.90% 1.86% 1.88%
% of Australian population0.63% 0.60% 0.60% 0.60%
Estimated ATSI population on census night1,3511,4741,8422,144
% of ATSI population to residents1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 1.5%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses		Australian17.5% 15.3%
English18.5% 18.5%
Chinese9.4% 10.9%
Irish9.2% 9.8%
Scottish4.9% 5.0%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)		Mandarin2.7% 3.5% 4.8% 7.2%
Greek4.8% 4.3% 3.8% 3.2%
Cantonese4.2% 3.8% 3.4% 3.0%
Indonesian2.6% 2.0% 1.9% 1.6%
Spanishn/cn/c 1.5% 1.6%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses		Catholic31.6% 30.2% 29.4% 26.5%
No religion14.6% 17.5% 22.3% 31.5%
Anglican15.6% 14.0% 12.4% 8.9%
Eastern Orthodox7.3% 7.1% 6.5% 5.4%
Judaismn/c 3.6% 4.2%n/c
Median weekly incomes
Personal incomeMedian weekly personal incomeA$593A$718A$834
% of Australian median income127.3% 124.4% 126.0%
Family incomeMedian weekly family incomeA$1,185A$2,066A$2,421
% of Australian median income115.4% 139.5% 139.6%
Household incomeMedian weekly household incomeA$1,579A$1,577A$1,916
% of Australian median income134.8% 127.8% 133.2%
Dwelling structure
Dwelling typeSeparate house30.2% 32.3% 30.6% 26.4%
Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse15.8% 14.7% 15.6% 16.5%
Flat or apartment51.7% 52.1% 53.3% 55.8%

Council
Randwick Town Hall, designed in the Italianate style by Sydney architects Blackman and Parkes, has been the seat of the council since 1886.
See also: List of mayors of Randwick
MayorTermNotes
MayorDanny Said25 September 2019 – date[3]
Deputy MayorPhilipa Veitch25 September 2019 – date[3]
General ManagerTermNotes
Ray Brownlee2004 – 28 September 2018[14]
Therese Manns1 November 2018 – dateGM, City of Broken Hill, Boorowa Shire.[15]

Current composition and election method

Randwick City Council is composed of fifteen Councillors elected proportionally as five separate wards,[19] each electing three Councillors. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected for a two-year term, with the Deputy Mayor for one year, by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 9 September 2017, and the makeup of the Council is as follows:[20][21][22][23][24]

PartyCouncillors
  Australian Labor Party 5
  Liberal Party of Australia 4
  Independents 3
  Greens NSW 3
Total 15

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

WardCouncillorPartyNotes
Central Ward[20]   Dylan Parker Labor Elected 2017.
  Ted Seng Liberal Elected 1995. Mayor 2005–2006 2014–2015, Deputy Mayor 1996–1997
  Anthony Andrews Independent Elected 2001. Deputy Mayor 2013–2015
East Ward[21]   Brendan Roberts Liberal Elected 2012. Deputy Mayor 2016–2017
  Tony Bowen Labor Elected 2008. Mayor 2012–2013
  Murray Matson Greens Elected 1995. Mayor 2004–2005 2010–2011, Deputy Mayor 2005–2008
North Ward[22]   Christie Hamilton Liberal Elected 2017.
  Kathy Neilson Labor Elected 2012. Mayor 2018–2019[3]
  Lindsay Shurey Greens Elected 2012. Mayor 2017–2018[25][26]
South Ward[23]   Noel D'Souza Independent Elected 2012. Mayor 2015–2017, Deputy Mayor 2012–2013
  Carlos Da Rocha Independent Elected 2017 on Noel D'Souza's ticket.
  Danny Said Labor Elected 2017. Deputy Mayor 2018–2019, Mayor 2019–date[3]
West Ward[24]   Harry Stavrinos Liberal Elected 2012.
  Alexandra Luxford Labor Elected 2017. Deputy Mayor 2017–2018[25]
  Philipa Veitch Greens Elected 2017, Deputy Mayor 2019–date

Heritage listings

The City of Randwick has a number of heritage-listed sites, including those listed under the New South Wales Heritage Register:

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