Cumberland City Council

The Cumberland City Council is a local government area located in the western suburbs of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Council was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of parts of the Cities of Auburn, Parramatta (Woodville Ward), and Holroyd.[3][4]

For the defunct Cumberland County Council abolished in 1964, see County of Cumberland, New South Wales.
Cumberland City Council
New South Wales
Location in Metropolitan Sydney
Population
 • Density3,001/km2 (7,770/sq mi)
Established12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
Area72 km2 (27.8 sq mi)[3]
MayorSteve Christou
Council seatAdministration Centre, Merrylands
RegionGreater Western Sydney
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
WebsiteCumberland City Council
LGAs around Cumberland City Council:
Parramatta Parramatta Parramatta
Blacktown Cumberland City Council Strathfield
Fairfield Canterbury-Bankstown Canterbury-Bankstown

The Council comprises an area of 72 square kilometres (28 sq mi) and as at the 2016 census had a population of 216,079.[1]

The first Special Meeting of Cumberland Council was held on 19 May 2016 at the Granville Town Hall, and the council currently meets at the Merrylands Administration Centre.[5][6]

The current mayor is Steve Christou.[7]

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

Suburbs in the Cumberland City Council area are:[8]

History

Holroyd Council
The Holroyd Administration Centre in Merrylands, now the Cumberland Council seat, was the Holroyd seat from 1962.

The area formerly known as the City of Holroyd was first proclaimed in July 1872 as the "Municipal District of Prospect and Sherwood", which became the "Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood" from 1906 and on 11 January 1927 it was renamed the "Municipality of Holroyd" after Arthur Holroyd, the first mayor.[9][10] From 1 January 1991, city status was granted, becoming the City of Holroyd. Originally located at the Council Chambers in Merrylands West from 1915, the administrative centre of Holroyd was located in the suburb of Merrylands from 1962.[11]

Auburn Council
The opening of the second Auburn Town Hall, Auburn Road, 12 July 1927.

To the east of Holroyd, the City of Auburn was first proclaimed on 19 February 1892 as the "Borough of Auburn" and became the "Municipality of Auburn" in 1906.[12] On 20 June 1906, the hitherto unincorporated area around Silverwater and Newington was combined into the Municipality of Auburn.[13]

The eastern section of Auburn was originally proclaimed as the Borough of Rookwood on 8 December 1891 and in 1913 Rookwood was renamed "Lidcombe", a portmanteau of the names of the two previous mayors, in an attempt to distance the municipality from the necropolis.[14] On 1 January 1949, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the Municipalities of Auburn and Lidcombe were amalgamated to form the new "Municipality of Auburn". In 1993 Auburn Municipal Council became "Auburn Council" and was granted city status in 2008, becoming the "Auburn City Council".

Woodville Ward

The area known as the Woodville Ward of the City of Parramatta until the amalgamations in May 2016, was first incorporated as the "Borough of Granville" on 20 January 1885, which became the "Municipality of Granville" from 1906, and met in the Granville Town Hall when it was completed in 1888.[15]

On 1 January 1949, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the municipalities of Granville, Dundas, Ermington and Rydalmere, and Parramatta were amalgamated to form the new "City of Parramatta". Granville municipality became the "Granville Ward" and the council meetings of the new Parramatta City were held at the Granville Town Hall from 1949 until the new administration centre was opened in Parramatta in 1958. In 1995 a reorganisation of Parramatta's wards resulted in Granville Ward being renamed "Woodville Ward" after Woodville Road while the former Granville Municipality suburbs of Harris Park, Rosehill, Telopea, and northern sections of Granville and Clyde, were moved into the Elizabeth Macarthur Ward.[15]

Establishment of Cumberland City Council
Granville Town Hall was the location of the first meeting of Cumberland Council on 19 May 2016.

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended a major reorganisation for the area covered by Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta councils. The government considered two proposals. The first was a merger of parts of Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta to form a new council with an area of 72 square kilometres (28 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 219,000.[16] The second proposed a merger of parts of Parramatta, Auburn, The Hills, Hornsby, and Holroyd to form a new council with an area of 82 square kilometres (32 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 215,725.[17]

On 12 May 2016, the Cumberland City Council was proclaimed as a new local government area, combining parts of Auburn City Council (south of the M4 Western Motorway), the Woodville Ward of the Parramatta City Council, and the majority of the Holroyd City Council.[4] The remainder of the Auburn City Council area north of the M4 Western Motorway (including parts of the Sydney Olympic Park) and a small section of Holroyd was merged into the reconstituted City of Parramatta Council.[18][4]

Cumberland Council logo used from May 2016 to February 2017.

The former General Manager of Mosman Council (1986–2013), Viv May PSM, who had been serving as the Administrator of the suspended Auburn City Council since February 2016, was appointed as the Administrator, and the long-serving Holroyd General Manager, Merv Ismay, was appointed as interim general manager.[4] The first Special Meeting of Cumberland Council was held on 19 May 2016, at the Granville Town Hall, the historic former seat of the Granville Municipality, which merged with Parramatta in 1949.[5][19] Subsequent Council meetings alternated between the Merrylands Administration Building and Auburn Civic Centre, until December 2016 when May decided that the Auburn council chambers would be taken over by the Auburn Library, and all council meetings from then to be held at Merrylands.[5][20]

After undertaking a significant amount of work to rationalise council services and staff, noting that "Auburn had issues with flagrant rezoning, and Holroyd was over-promising and underdelivering, living in a financial fantasy with many of its projects", May's term as Administrator came to an end in September 2017, with the election of the first council.[21] The former Mayor of Holroyd, Greg Cummings, was elected as the inaugural Mayor of Cumberland Council on 27 September 2017.[22]

Heritage listings

The Cumberland City Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Demographics

At the 2016 census there were 216,079 people in the Cumberland local government area, of these 51.4 per cent were male and 48.6 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6 per cent 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 Cumberland local government area was 32 years; significantly lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.5 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 53.3 per cent were married and 9.8 per cent were either divorced or separated.[1]

Selected historical census data for Cumberland Council local government area
Census year2016[1]
PopulationEstimated residents on census night216,079
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales7th
% of New South Wales population2.89%
% of Australian population0.92%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses		Lebanese11.3%
Chinese10.8%
Australian10.1%
English8.8%
Indian7.1%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)		Arabic15.2%
Mandarin6.3%
Cantonese4.5%
Tamil3.1%
Turkish3.1%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses		Catholic24.0%
Islam21.9%
No religion, so described13.8%
Hinduism10.2%
Not stated8.2%
Median weekly incomes
Personal incomeMedian weekly personal incomeA$501
% of Australian median income
Family incomeMedian weekly family income A$1,436
% of Australian median income
Household incomeMedian weekly household income A$1,379
% of Australian median income

Facilities

There are eight libraries located throughout the local government area.[28] There are also five council-run swimming pools. On 9 September 2017 a poll put to the residents by council asked for their views on continuing to run all five pools, given that their operating costs took up 2% of council revenue. The poll returned a result of 74% in favour of continuing council operation of all the pools.[29]

Located partially in the region, the Smithfield-Wetherill Park Industrial Estate is the largest industrial estate in the southern hemisphere and is the centre of manufacturing and distribution in western Sydney, with more than 1,000 manufacturing, wholesale, transport and service firms.[30]

Council

The Cumberland City Council comprises fifteen Councillors elected proportionally, with three Councillors elected in five wards. On 9 September 2017 the current council was elected for a fixed three-year term of office.[3] The Mayor is elected bi-annually and Deputy Mayor annually by the councillors at the first meeting of the council.[4]

MayorTermNotes
AdministratorViv May PSM12 May 2016 – 27 September 2017Town Clerk/General Manager of Mosman 1986–2013, Administrator of Auburn 2016[4][31][21]
MayorGreg Cummings27 September 2017 – dateMayor of Holroyd 2008–2009, 2014–2016[22]
Deputy MayorEddy Sarkis27 September 2017 – 26 September 2018Deputy Mayor of Holroyd 2005–2007[22]
Glenn Elmore26 September 2018 – date[32]
General ManagerTermNotes
Merv Ismay12 May 2016 – 2 June 2016General Manager of Holroyd 2007–2016[4]
Malcolm Ryan2 June 2016 – 22 November 2017[33]
Hamish McNulty22 November 2017 – dateActing until July 2018[34]

Current composition

The most recent election was held on 9 September 2017, and the makeup of the Council, by order of election, is as follows:

PartyCouncillors
  Australian Labor Party 7
  Liberal Party of Australia 5
  Our Local Community 3
Total 15
WardCouncillorPartyNotes
Granville Ward[35]   Steve Christou Labor 2017-19 Our Local Community 2019- Mayor 2019–date
  Joseph Rahme Liberal Holroyd North Ward Councillor 2012–2016
  Ola Hamed Labor
Greystanes Ward[36]   Greg Cummings Labor Mayor 2017–2019
  Ross Grove Liberal Mayor of Holroyd, 2012–2013
  Eddy Sarkis Our Local Community Deputy Mayor 2017–2018, 2019-date
Regents Park Ward[37]   George Campbell Labor Auburn Second Ward Councillor 2012–2016
  Ned Attie Liberal Auburn Second Ward Councillor 2008–2016
  Kun Huang Labor
South Granville Ward[38]   Glenn Elmore Labor Deputy Mayor 2018–2019
  Paul Garrard Our Local Community Lord Mayor of Parramatta, 2009–2010, 2015–2016
  Tom Zreika Liberal
Wentworthville Ward[39]   Lisa Lake Labor Holroyd North Ward Councillor 2012–2016
  Michael Zaiter Liberal Holroyd East Ward Councillor 2012–2016
  Suman Saha Labor

See also

References
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