2022/23
North Sydney

North Sydney is located in Sydney’s inner northern suburbs about 3km from the Sydney GPO. The area is predominately residential, with substantial commercial areas.

Major features of the area include the North Sydney CBD, HMAS Waterhen, Admiralty House, Kirribilli House, May Gibbs’ Nutcote Cottage, Luna Park, North Sydney Olympic Pool, North Sydney Oval, TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute, Australian Catholic University, Mater Hospital and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Data for this website has been sourced from Council’s financial statements, Council’s annual report and Council’s data returns. The website also refers to data from a number of agencies and entities. Please refer to the data page of this website for links to definitions, information on performance measures, benchmarks, OLG Groups and the data sources that have been used.

Please contact Council if you would like any further details or explanations regarding individual results and any differences between your Council’s performance and that of another council.

Contacting Council

Address:
200 Miller Street
North Sydney NSW 2060
Postal Address:
PO Box 12, North Sydney NSW 2059
Phone: 02 9936 8100
Fax: 02 9936 8177
Email:
council@northsydney.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area

 Result
Population (No.) 69,341
Area (Km2) 10.5
Council Classification Metropolitan
OLG Group 3
State Planning Region Metropolitan Sydney

Your Council

 Result Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.) 10 13
Population per Councillor (No.) 6,946 14,031
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.) 342 769
2022/23 Revenue ($'000) 157,744 281,722
2022/23 Expenses ($'000) 133,271 226,267
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%) 4 10
Population Density (residents per Km2) 6,864 3,380
* A NSW council group is determined firstly by whether they are Urban or Rural in nature, and then by population size and density. Please refer to OLG Groups in data tab on website for more information on how individual councils are classified. An OLG group average is then calculated by the average of the same group number eg. All Group 5 Regional Towns/City or all Group 8 Rural.

Your Public Facilities

 Result Group Avg.
Public Swimming Pool Complexes (inc rock pools) (No.) 2 6
Public Halls (No.) 12 23
Public Libraries (No.) 1 6
Open Public Space (ha) 131 1,070.90
Total Road Length (km) 152.50 561.60

Demographics of Population

under 20 years
20 - 59 years
60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

7%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population

 Latest Outcome Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%) -7 -1.8
Population aged under 20 years (%) 15.6 23.1
Population aged between 20 and 59 years (%) 62.2 56.6
Population aged 60 years and older (%) 22.3 20.3
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%) 0.4 0.9
Speaks language other than English at home (%) 23.9 41.5
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high) 123 N/A

Council Population Gender

Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander

Language Diversity

Rest of population

Your local population (%)

Your Local Economy

 Result Group Avg.
Unemployment Rate (%) 2.5 3.4
Avg Taxable Income ($) 117,294 84,294
Avg Household Size (No.) 2 2.8
Value of DA's determined ($'000) 496,015,458 421,821,468
Active Businesses in LGA (No.) 15,355 20,830

Largest Industry Employer

Professional, scientific and technical services

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