| City of Bankstown New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°55′S 151°02′E / 33.917°S 151.033°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 193,398 (2011 census)[1] (15th) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,374/km2 (6,150/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 7 September 1895 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 12 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 76.8 km2 (29.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Khal Asfour | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Bankstown | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Inner West | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Bankstown | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Bankstown was a local government area in the south-west region of Sydney, Australia, centred on the suburb of Bankstown, from 1895 to 2016. The last mayor of the City of Bankstown Council was Clr Khal Asfour, a member of the Labor Party.
A 2015 review of local government boundaries[broken anchor] by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the City of Bankstown merge with the City of Canterbury to form a new council with an area of 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 351,000.[2] On 12 May 2016, the NSW Government announced that Bankstown would merge with the City of Canterbury to be known as the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 June 2012). "2011 Census QuickStats: Bankstown (C)". Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Merger proposal: Bankstown City Council, Canterbury City Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2016.