Central Coast - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Central Coast

Central Coast is located on the NSW east coast between Sydney and Newcastle. The area boasts beautiful coastlines, golden beaches, alluring lakes and pristine national parks.

The top employment sectors include health care and social assistance, retail trade, construction, accommodation and food services.

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:
49 Mann Street
Gosford NSW 2259

Postal Address:
PO Box 20, Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4350 5555
Fax: TBC

Email:
ask@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	354,803
Area (Km²)	1681
Council Classification	Metropolitan Fringe
OLG Group	7
State Planning Region	Central Coast

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	15	13
Population per Councillor (No.)	23654	15111
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	1,825	897
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	823622	356438
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	677856	275897
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	17.06140415	12.32427803
Population Density (residents per Km²)	211	433.56

* 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.)	20	5
Public Halls (No.)	116	40
Public Libraries (No.)	10	4.857142857
Open Public Space (ha)	3327	2183.08
Total Road Length (km)	2,269.66	1,068.75

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

2.3^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	2.315913108	9.43459263
Population aged under 20 years (%)	26.9	26.92285107
Population aged between 20 and 59 years (%)	51.3	51.26510139
Population aged 60 years and older (%)	21.8	21.81204753
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%)	6	3.540952822
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	7.1	23.71428571
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	87	97.71428571

Council Population Gender

Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander

Language Diversity

Rest of population

Your local population (%)

Your Local Economy	Result	Group Avg.
Unemployment Rate (%)	3	3.471428571
Avg Taxable Income ($)	60914	69909.6
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.5	2.871428571
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	583011	429171
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	26266	15603.57143

Largest Industry Employer

Health care / Social