| Municipality of Ashfield New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Metropolitan Sydney, 1871–2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′S 151°08′E / 33.883°S 151.133°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 41,214 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 4,971.5/km2 (12,876/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 28 December 1871 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 12 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Civic Centre, Ashfield | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Inner West | ||||||||||||||
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The Municipality of Ashfield was a local government area in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the Sydney central business district. The municipality was proclaimed on 28 December 1871 as the "Borough of Ashfield", which changed to the "Municipality of Ashfield" in 1906. On 12 May 2016, Ashfield merged with Marrickville Council and the Municipality of Leichhardt to form the Inner West Council.
The last mayor of the municipality was councillor Lucille McKenna, a member of the Australian Labor Party.[2]
In December 2021, a majority of voters in Inner West Council voted in favour of reversing the 2016 merger and separating the three pre-existing councils of Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville.[3]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ashfield (A)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Murada, Lauren; Murray, Oliver; Hamwi, Omar (26 September 2012). "Marrickville, Ashfield and Leichhardt councils elect new mayors". Inner West Courier. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ Hore, Allison (16 February 2022). "Inner West Council moves on demerger". Inner West Review. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
