Inner West - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Inner West

Inner West spans from the banks of the Parramatta River at Birchgrove in the north east, to the Cooks River at Dulwich Hill in the south west. The Inner West includes the suburbs of Annandale, Ashfield, Balmain (including Balmain East), Birchgrove, Dobroyd Point, Dulwich Hill, Enmore, Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lewisham, Lilyfield, Marrickville, Petersham, Rozelle, Stanmore, St Peters, Summer Hill, Sydenham, Tempe and parts of Ashbury, Camperdown, Croydon, Croydon Park, Hurlstone Park and Newtown.

Inner West boasts of its unique area with a special beauty that comes from natural and built environments and a rich cultural heritage

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:
260 Liverpool Road
Ashfield NSW 2131

Postal Address:
PO Box 1145, Ashfield NSW 1800
Phone: 02 9716 1800
Fax: 02 9367 1111

Email:
council@innerwest.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	190,939
Area (Km²)	35.2
Council Classification	Metropolitan
OLG Group	3
State Planning Region	Metropolitan Sydney

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	15	13
Population per Councillor (No.)	12729	14575
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	1,081	804
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	322912	295442
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	310570	247506
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	8.47245409	10.17760603
Population Density (residents per Km²)	5,424	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.)	5	5
Public Halls (No.)	21	23
Public Libraries (No.)	7	5.333333333
Open Public Space (ha)	251.14	1086.230667
Total Road Length (km)	466	562.38

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

6.2^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	-6.217786874	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 (%)	1.4	1.070240399
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	25.8	41.46666667
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	118	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 (%)	4.7	3.861111111
Avg Taxable Income ($)	91242	84293.5
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.4	2.772222222
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	374595	511978
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	20403	20876.66667

Largest Industry Employer

Professional, scientific and technical services