Bayside Council

For the local government area in Melbourne, see City of Bayside.

Bayside Council
New South Wales
Location in Metropolitan Sydney
Rockdale Town Hall
Map
Population
 • Density3,120/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
Established9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)
Area50 km2 (19.3 sq mi)
MayorEd McDougall
Council seatRockdale Town Hall
RegionMetropolitan Sydney
(Southern Sydney,
Eastern Suburbs)
ParishBotany, St George
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
WebsiteBayside Council
LGAs around Bayside Council:
Inner West Sydney Randwick
Canterbury-Bankstown Bayside Council Randwick
Georges River Sutherland Sutherland

Bayside Council is a local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located around part of Botany Bay, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the Sydney CBD. It includes suburbs of Southern Sydney as well as a portion in the Eastern Suburbs.[3] It comprises an area of 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) and as at the 2016 census had a population of 156,058.[4][1]

The council was formed on 9 September 2016 from the merger of the City of Botany Bay and the City of Rockdale.[5]

The Council's mayor is Ed McDougall, of the Australian Labor Party, elected by the Council on 9 October 2024.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rockdale (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 July 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Merger Proposal:City of Botany Bay Council & Rockdale City Council" (PDF). NSW Government. January 2016. p. 13. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Botany Bay (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 July 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ "Bayside Council". Stronger Councils. Government of New South Wales. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.