| Blacktown City Council New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°46′S 150°55′E / 33.767°S 150.917°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 396,776 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,607.0/km2 (4,162.2/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 6 March 1906 (Shire) 17 June 1961 (Municipality) 9 March 1979 (City) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 246.9 km2 (95.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Brad Bunting | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Civic Centre, Blacktown | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Western Sydney | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Blacktown City Council | ||||||||||||||
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Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktown Shire and becoming the Municipality of Blacktown in 1961 before gaining city status in 1979, the City occupies an area of 246.9 square kilometres (95.3 sq mi) and has a population of 410,419, making it the most populous local government area in Sydney.[2]
The acting-mayor of Blacktown City Council is Councillor Chris Quilkey following the death of then-mayor Tony Bleasdale, a member of the Australian Labor Party who died 3 May 2024.[3]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Blacktown". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "City profile – Blacktown City". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017.
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