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Your Council –
profile & performance

Councils employ ~ 48,000 people

Councils maintain 87,549 ha of open space

There are 471
public pools in NSW

10.2%

Population growth last 10 years

128

Number of councils

2,310

Community & public centres

$1,550.01

Revenue per capita

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An overview of the performance of general purpose councils. It focuses on issues, trends and achievements across the key performance aspects of financial sustainability, community leadership, assets and service delivery.

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Presents stand-alone results for all 128 general purpose councils. It summarises key data on councils’ demographic, socio-economic, financial sustainability, infrastructure, expenditure, rating, community leadership and core council services.

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