Fairfield - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Fairfield

Fairfield City is located in the south west of Sydney and is a culturally diverse city with half of all residents having been born overseas, mostly in non-English speaking countries.

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:
86 Avoca Road
Wakeley NSW 2176

Postal Address:
PO Box 21, Fairfield NSW 1860
Phone: 02 9725 0222
Fax: 02 9725 4249

Email:
mail@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	212,210
Area (Km²)	101.5
Council Classification	Metropolitan
OLG Group	3
State Planning Region	Metropolitan Sydney

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	13	13
Population per Councillor (No.)	16324	14575
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	749	804
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	245816	295442
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	197860	247506
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	21.1634189	10.17760603
Population Density (residents per Km²)	2,091	3,440.93

* 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.)	3	5
Public Halls (No.)	24	23
Public Libraries (No.)	5	5.333333333
Open Public Space (ha)	985	1086.230667
Total Road Length (km)	687.37	562.38

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

0.9^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	-0.922553674	0.073449879
Population aged under 20 years (%)	22.6	22.62152185
Population aged between 20 and 59 years (%)	57.2	57.17908386
Population aged 60 years and older (%)	20.2	20.19939429
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%)	0.9	1.070240399
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	69.7	41.46666667
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	4	102.7222222

Council Population Gender

Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander

Language Diversity

Rest of population

Your local population (%)

Your Local Economy	Result	Group Avg.
Unemployment Rate (%)	7.9	3.861111111
Avg Taxable Income ($)	52015	84293.5
Avg Household Size (No.)	3.3	2.772222222
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	211731	511978
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	18081	20876.66667

Largest Industry Employer

Health care / Social