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City of Hawkesbury

Field	Value
type	lga
name	City of Hawkesbury
state	nsw
image	Hawkesbury LGA NSW.png
caption	Location in Outer Metropolitan Sydney
pop
pop_year
pop_footnotes
area	2776
coordinates
est	1 January 1981
seat	Windsor
mayor	Les Sheather (Independent)
region	Hawkesbury
Blue Mountains
Greater Western Sydney
logo	Hawkesbury City Council Logo.png
url	www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
stategov	Hawkesbury
stategov2	Londonderry
stategov3	Riverstone
stategov4	Upper Hunter
fedgov	Macquarie
fedgov2	Greenway
fedgov3	Hunter
near-nw	Mid-Western
near-n	Singleton
near-ne	Central Coast & Cessnock
near-w	Lithgow
near-e	The Hills
near-sw	Blue Mountains
near-s	Penrith
near-se	Blacktown

Note

the city in Australia

Blue Mountains Greater Western Sydney | near-nw = Mid-Western | near-n = Singleton | near-ne = Central Coast & Cessnock | near-w = Lithgow | near-e = The Hills | near-sw = Blue Mountains | near-s = Penrith | near-se = Blacktown The City of Hawkesbury is a local government area that is located on the far northwest fringe of the Greater Sydney area in New South Wales, Australia. The local government area is located in the Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains regions. Hawkesbury City is named after the Hawkesbury River. Major towns in the City of Hawkesbury are Windsor and Richmond. It is a member council of the Hawkesbury River County Council.

The mayor of the City of Hawkesbury is Cr. Les Sheather, an independent.

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

Suburbs and localities in the City of Hawkesbury are:

Agnes Banks (shared with City of Penrith)
Berambing
Bilpin
Blaxlands Ridge
Bligh Park
Bowen Mountain
Bucketty (shared with Cessnock City Council)
Cattai (shared with The Hills Shire)
Central Colo
Central Macdonald
Clarendon
Colo
Colo Heights
Cornwallis
Cumberland Reach
East Kurrajong
Ebenezer
Fernances
Freemans Reach
Glossodia
Grose Vale
Grose Wold
Higher Macdonald
Hobartville
Kurmond
Kurrajong
Kurrajong Heights
Kurrajong Hills
Leets Vale (shared with The Hills Shire)
Lower Macdonald
Lower Portland (shared with The Hills Shire)
Maraylya (shared with The Hills Shire)
Mcgraths Hill
Mellong
Mogo Creek
Mountain Lagoon
Mulgrave
North Richmond
Oakville
Perrys Crossing
Pitt Town
Pitt Town Bottoms
Putty
Richmond
Richmond Lowlands
Sackville
Scheyville
South Windsor
St Albans
Ten Mile Hollow (shared with Central Coast Council)
Tennyson
The Devils Wilderness
The Lowlands
The Slopes
Upper Colo
Upper Macdonald
Vineyard (shared with City of Blacktown)
Webbs Creek
Wheeny Creek
Wilberforce
Windsor
Windsor Downs
Wisemans Ferry (shared with Central Coast Council, The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire)
Womerah
Wrights Creek
Yarramundi

History

The original inhabitants of the Hawkesbury district were the Darug tribe of Aboriginals, also spelt as Dharug or Daruk. The river, which they called Derrubbin, was a focal point as a source of food and transport. The Darug people used the river to farm for fish, eels, water birds, and mussels. They also used the river as a mode of transport in bark canoes.

It was first settled by Europeans in 1794 in a bid to acquire arable land to feed the increasing population of the penal colony at Sydney. In April 1794, Lieutenant Governor Francis Grose submitted plans for the first 22 farms on the Hawkesbury River in the present Pitt Town Bottoms area. In June 1795, Lieutenant Governor William Paterson deployed troops to engage with Aboriginals inhabiting land along the Hawkesbury River.

By 1811 Governor Lachlan Macquarie established the five Macquarie Towns in the area. They are Windsor, Richmond, Castlereagh, Wilberforce and Pitt Town, all located on and around the Hawkesbury River. Many of the early 19th century buildings still survive today. Ebenezer has the oldest surviving church and school building in Australia. Windsor District Council was formed in 1843 and disbanded in 1846. In 1871 the Borough Council of Windsor was founded and the Richmond Borough Council followed in 1872. The two councils amalgamated in 1949 to become the Municipality of Windsor. Colo Shire Council was established in 1906 and joined Windsor Municipal Council from 1 January 1981 to become Hawkesbury Shire Council. On 1 July 1989, Hawkesbury became a City.

On its creation in 1981, Hawkesbury was largely rural, but urban expansion within Sydney has since transformed the southern part of the area into dormitory suburbs. The northern part of the local government area still contains some farmlands and national parkland.

Demographics

At the 2021 Census, there were people in the Hawkesbury local government area. Of these, 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population, which was 1.6% above the national average. The median age of people in the City of Hawkesbury was 39 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

Population in the City of Hawkesbury between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census decreased by 0.54%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 2.96%. Between the 2011 and 2016 Census, population increased by a further 1.04%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, population growth in Hawkesbury local government area was significantly lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Hawkesbury has been consistently marginally higher than the national average.

At the 2021 Census, the proportion of residents in the Hawkesbury local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or English amounted to 80.8%, representing an increase from 62% in 2011. Many people from the Hawkesbury identified as having a Catholic (26.0%) or Anglican (19.3%) religious affiliation in 2021.

Selected historical census data for Hawkesbury local government area	Census year	id=LGA13800	name=Hawkesbury (C)	accessdate=27 November 2012	quick=on}}	id=LGA13800
Population	Estimated residents on census night
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales		th	align="right"		align="right"
% of New South Wales population			0.90%	1.66%	0.83%
% of Australian population	0.32%	0.31%	0.29%	0.27%	0.26%
Ancestry,
top responses	Australian			32.6%	30.4%	41.1%
English			29.5%	29.5%	39.7%
Irish			7.6%	8.3%	10.6%
Scottish			6.3%	6.8%	9.5%
Maltese			3.1%	3.5%	5.8%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)	Maltese	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%
Italian	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%
Cantonese				0.3%	0.3%
German	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
Arabic	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%
Punjabi					0.5%
Religious affiliation,
top responses	Catholic	26.6%	27.3%	28.2%	27.5%	26.0%
Anglican	30.9%	29.9%	29.4%	24.6%	19.3%
No Religion	12.2%	14.8%	16.7%	23.9%	33.7%
Not stated				8.3%	5.5%
Uniting Church	5.7%	5.0%	4.4%	3.3%	2.6%
Presbyterian and Reformed	3.0%	5.7%	2.8%
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		$527	$622	$728	$860
% of Australian median income		113.1%	107.8%	110.0%	106.8%
Family income	Median weekly family income		$1,146	$1,598	$1,916	$2,272
% of Australian median income		111.6%	107.9%	110.5%	107.1%
Household income	Median weekly household income		$1,290	$1,385	$1,668	$1,980
% of Australian median income		110.2%	112.2%	116.0%	113.4%

Council

Current composition and election method

Hawkesbury City Council is composed of twelve councillors elected proportionally as one entire ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council is as follows:

Party	Councillors
		Liberal Party
		Independents and Unaligned
		Labor Party
		Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
		The Greens
		The Small Business Party
	Total

The current Council, elected in 2024, is:

Councillor	Party	Notes
		Nathan Zamprogno	Independent
		Sarah McMahon	Liberal
		Mary Lyons-Buckett	Independent
		Mike Creed	Liberal
		Tom Aczel	Independent
		Paul Veigel	Liberal
		Jill Reardon	Liberal
		Danielle Wheeler	Greens
		Les Sheather	Independent
		Eddie Dogramaci	The Small Business Party
		Amanda Kotlash	Labor
		Shane Djuric	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party

Election results

2024

2021

Mayors

Mayor	Party	Term	Notes
			1981 – 27 September 1994
		Dr Rex Stubbs	Independent	27 September 1994 – 30 September 1997
			30 September 1997 – 29 September 1999
		Dr Rex Stubbs	Independent	29 September 1999 – 27 September 2004
		Bart Bassett	Liberal	27 September 2004 – 18 September 2006
		Dr Rex Stubbs	Independent	18 September 2006 – 18 September 2007
Liberal}}		Bart Bassett	Liberal	18 September 2007 – 20 September 2011
Kim Ford	20 September 2011 – 10 September 2016
		Mary Lyons-Buckett	Independent	27 September 2016 – 18 September 2018
		Barry Calvert	Labor	18 September 2018 – 22 September 2020
		Patrick Conolly	Liberal	22 September 2020 – 23 August 2022
		Sarah McMahon	Liberal	23 August 2022 – date

References

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(30 June 1989). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1919—PROCLAMATION". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales.
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(11 June 2001). "Dr Rex STUBBS – Medal of the Order of Australia". Australian Government.
(18 September 2007). "Special Meeting Minutes". City of Hawkesbury.
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(22 September 2014). "Liberal Kim Ford scores a fourth term as Hawkesbury Mayor".
(16 September 2015). "Hawkesbury Mayor re-elected with new deputy".
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(19 September 2018). "Name of new mayor pulled out of hat after votes deadlocked at council".
(23 September 2020). "Patrick Conolly elected Hawkesbury Mayor for final year of term".

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