Penrith - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Penrith

Penrith City is located in western Sydney at the foot of the Blue Mountains. With principal town centres at Penrith and St Marys, it also has a number of historic villages.

The area calls itself the Adventure Capital of NSW with a range of thrilling experiences and extreme sport activities available including indoor skydiving, whitewater rafting, wakeboarding, go-karting and jetpack adventures.

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:
Civic Centre, 601 High Street
Penrith NSW 2750

Postal Address:
PO Box 60, Penrith NSW 2751
Phone: 02 4732 7777
Fax: 02 4732 7958

Email:
pencit@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	228,661
Area (Km²)	404.7
Council Classification	Metropolitan Fringe
OLG Group	7
State Planning Region	Metropolitan Sydney

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	15	13
Population per Councillor (No.)	15244	15111
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	1,292	897
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	411943	356438
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	315038	275897
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	13.33703219	12.32427803
Population Density (residents per Km²)	565	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.)	3	5
Public Halls (No.)	41	40
Public Libraries (No.)	3	4.857142857
Open Public Space (ha)	1315	2183.08
Total Road Length (km)	1,218.42	1,068.75

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

5.4^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	5.402461299	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 (%)	6.1	3.540952822
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	19.6	23.71428571
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	90	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 (%)	3.7	3.471428571
Avg Taxable Income ($)	64707	69909.6
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.9	2.871428571
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	319149	429171
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	16194	15603.57143

Largest Industry Employer

Health care / Social