Ku-ring-gai - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Ku-ring-gai

Ku-ring-gai is located in Sydney’s norther suburbs. The area includes 17 suburbs, 6 local centres and one town centre and refers to itself as the “green heart” of Sydney.

The area boasts more than 150 bushland reserves, Blue Gum High Forest, Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest, three adjoining National Parks (Ku-ring-gai Chase, Garigal and Lane Cove) and a visually significant tree canopy.

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:
818 Pacific Highway
Gordon NSW 2072

Postal Address:
Locked Bag 1006, Gordon NSW 2072
Phone: 02 9424 0000
Fax: 02 9424 0001

Email:
kmc@kmc.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.kmc.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	128,362
Area (Km²)	85.4
Council Classification	Metropolitan
OLG Group	3
State Planning Region	Metropolitan Sydney

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	10	13
Population per Councillor (No.)	12836	14575
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	411	804
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	175959	295442
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	154272	247506
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	5.873426761	10.17760603
Population Density (residents per Km²)	1,503	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.)	1	5
Public Halls (No.)	20	23
Public Libraries (No.)	4	5.333333333
Open Public Space (ha)	1615.65	1086.230667
Total Road Length (km)	482.19	562.38

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

0.1^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	-0.133697199	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 (%)	0.3	1.070240399
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	33.4	41.46666667
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	127	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 (%)	2.5	3.861111111
Avg Taxable Income ($)	109218	84293.5
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.9	2.772222222
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	301451	511978
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	14920	20876.66667

Largest Industry Employer

Professional, scientific and technical services