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City of Campbelltown
New South Wales
Campbelltown lga sydney.png
Population
 • Density 509.4/km2 (1,319/sq mi)
Established 1882 (Municipality)
4 May 1968 (as a city)
Area 312 km2 (120.5 sq mi)
Mayor George Greiss (Liberal)
Council seat Campbelltown
Region Greater Western Sydney
State electorate(s)
  • Campbelltown
  • Macquarie Fields
  • Camden
  • Wollondilly
Federal Division(s)
Campbelltown City Council.svg
Website City of Campbelltown
LGAs around City of Campbelltown:
Camden Liverpool
Camden City of Campbelltown Sutherland
Wollondilly Wollondilly Wollongong

The City of Campbelltown is a local government area in the Macarthur region of south-western Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The area is located about 55 kilometres (34 mi) south west of the Sydney central business district and comprises 312 square kilometres (120 sq mi).

The mayor of the City of Campbelltown is Cr. George Greiss, a member of the Liberal Party.

Demographics

At the 2016 census there were 157,006 people in the Campbelltown local government area, of these 49% were male and 51% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population; 30% more than the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9% and 2.8% respectively. The median age of people in the City of Campbelltown was 34 years, which is significantly lower than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 87% were either divorced or separated.

Over the 10-year period between the 2001 census and the 2011 census, the population of the Campbelltown Local Government Area increased by a recorded total of 673 people (0.46% increase in population over 10 years) from 145,294 people to 145,967 people. During that 10-year period the population had decreased by 1.53% at the 2006 census, and experienced a population increase of 2.02% over the subsequent five years to the 2011 census. At the 2016 census, the population in the Campbelltown Local Government Area increased by 7.56%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8%, population growth in the Campbelltown Local Government Area was slightly below the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Campbelltown Local Government Area was generally on par with the national average.

Selected historical census data for Campbelltown local government area
Census year 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
Population Estimated residents on census night 145,294 Decrease 143,076 Increase 145,967 Increase 157,006 Increase 176,519
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales 19th Increase 16th Steady 16th
% of New South Wales population 2.11% Decrease 2.10% Increase 2.19%
% of Australian population 0.77% Decrease 0.72% Decrease 0.68% Decrease 0.67% Increase 0.69%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income Median weekly personal income A$464 Increase A$549 Increase A$632 Increase A$738
% of Australian median income 99.6% Decrease 95.1% Increase 95.5% Decrease 90.8%
Family income Median weekly family income A$1,066 Increase A$1,390 Increase A$1,597 Increase A$1,927
% of Australian median income 103.8% Decrease 93.9% Decrease 92.1% Decrease 88.2%
Household income Median weekly household income A$1,156 Increase A$1,251 Increase A$1,459 Increase A$1,700
% of Australian median income 98.7% Increase 101.4% Steady 101.4% Decrease 92.9%
Selected historical census data for Camden local government area
Ancestry, top responses
2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
No Data No Data Australian 25.1% Australian Decrease 21.6% Australian Increase 24.8%
English 22.1% English Decrease 20.3% English Increase 22.5%
Irish 5.9% Irish Decrease 5.8% Indian Increase 6.0%
Scottish 5.0% Scottish Decrease 4.7% Irish Decrease 5.7%
Indian 2.9% Indian Increase 4.2% Scottish Increase 5.0%
Country of Birth
2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
Australia 68.4% Australia Decrease 66.8% Australia Decrease 66.0% Australia Decrease 62.0% Australia Decrease 59.5%
England 4.1% England Decrease 3.5% England Decrease 3.1% India Increase 2.9% India Increase 3.9%
New Zealand 2.1% New Zealand Increase 2.3% New Zealand Increase 2.6% New Zealand Increase 2.7% Bangladesh Increase 3.1%
Philippines 1.8% Philippines Increase 2.1% Philippines Increase 2.5% Philippines Increase 2.6% Philippines Increase 2.8%
Fiji 1.1% Fiji Increase 1.4% India Increase 2.0% England Decrease 2.5% New Zealand Decrease 2.4%
India 0.9% India Increase 1.3% Fiji Increase 1.6% Bangladesh Increase 2.1% Nepal Increase 2.1%
Language, top responses (other than English)
2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
Arabic 2.3% Arabic Increase 2.7% Arabic Steady 2.7% Arabic Increase 3.4% Arabic Increase 4.2%
Spanish 1.8% Spanish Decrease 1.7% Samoan Increase 2.1% Bengali Increase 3.0% Bengali Increase 4.2%
Tagalog 1.5% Samoan Increase 1.7% Hindi Increase 2.1% Hindi Increase 2.4% Nepali Increase 2.5%
Samoan 1.4% Hindi Increase 1.6% Bengali Increase 1.8% Samoan Increase 2.2% Hindi Decrease 2.1%
Hindi 1.2% Tagalog Decrease 1.1% Spanish Steady 1.7% Spanish Steady 1.7% Samoan Decrease 1.8%
Religious Affiliation
2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
Catholic 32.1% Catholic Decrease 30.9% Catholic Decrease 30.3% Catholic Decrease 26.6% Catholic Decrease 22.8%
Anglican 25.9% Anglican Decrease 23.3% Anglican Decrease 21.0% No Religion Increase 17.9% No Religion Increase 21.9%
No Religion 9.1% No Religion Increase 10.7% No Religion Increase 12.5% Anglican Decrease 15.2% Islam Increase 11.6%
Islam 3.3% Islam Increase4.5% Islam Increase 5.7% Not Stated 8.3% Anglican Decrease 10.5%
Uniting Church 3.2% Uniting Church Decrease 2.8% Hinduism Increase 3.0% Islam Increase 7.9% Hinduism Increase 7.0%

Council

Current composition and election method

Campbelltown City Council is composed of fifteen 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 council election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:

Australia City of Campbelltown Council 2021.svg
Party Councillors
Labor Party 5
Liberal Party 4
Totally Locally Committed Party 1
Community First Team 1
Animal Justice Party 1
Independent 3
Total 15

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:

Councillor Party Notes
George Greiss Liberal Mayor
George Brticevic Independent Elected as a Labor candidate, later resigning from the party.
Joshua Cotter Community First Team
Meg Oates Labor
Marian George Liberal
Darcy Lound Labor
Riley Munro Liberal
Margaret Chivers Independent Elected as a Labor candidate, later resigning from the party.
Rey Manoto Labor
Masood Chowdhury Labor
John Chew Liberal
Karen Hunt Labor
Muhamad (Masud) Khalil Independent Deputy Mayor
Matt Stellino Animal Justice
Warren Morrison Totally Locally Committed

2021 election results

This section is transcluded from Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections #Campbelltown
Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections

Past mayors

Main article: List of mayors of Campbelltown

History and growth

Campbelltown was founded in 1820, named after Elizabeth Macquarie née Campbell, wife of the then Governor Lachlan Macquarie. The town was one of a series of south-western settlements established by Macquarie at that time; the others include Ingleburn and Liverpool.

Campbelltown Council was originally incorporated on 21 January 1882. The present boundaries of the City of Campbelltown were largely formed in 1949, following the amalgamation of the Municipalities of Ingleburn (incorporated in April 1896) and Campbelltown, as part of a rationalisation of local government areas across New South Wales following World War II. Campbelltown was presented with its own coat of arms in 1969. The coat of arms were based those on the arms of the Campbell family in Scotland.

Campbelltown was designated as a satellite city and a regional capital for the south west of Sydney in the early 1960s in the Sydney Region Outline Plan, prepared by the Planning Commission of New South Wales. There was extensive building and population growth in the intervening time and the government surrounded the township with areas which were set aside for public and private housing and industry.

Campbelltown was declared a city on 4 May 1968 by the Hon. Pat Morton, Minister for Local Government and Highways. That same day saw the arrival of the first electric train to Campbelltown from Sydney.

As a city, Campbelltown honoured the 1st Signals Regiment (now the 1st Joint Support Unit) with the medieval custom of the Freedom of the city. The mayor, Alderman Clive Tregear, wanted to recognise the contribution to the units based at the Ingleburn Army Barracks. The regiment marched through Campbelltown until it got transferred to Queensland in the 1980s.

Opened in 2005, the Campbelltown Arts Centre is a cultural facility of Campbelltown City Council that is partially funded by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW.

Heritage listings

The City of Campbelltown has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Transport links

Road transport corridors

The principle access roads to and from Campbelltown are:

  • Appin Road and The Hume Highway to the south;
  • Narellan Road to the west; and
  • The Hume Highway and Cambridge Avenue to the north.

There is no direct eastern road access. As a fast-growing regional centre, road infrastructure has yet to catch up with the historically strong population growth. Areas of greatest concern include congestion on Narellan Road, numerous road fatalities on Appin Road and the inadequate causeway over the Georges River at Cambridge Avenue, Glenfield.

Rail transport corridor

Campbelltown is served by trains on the Sydney suburban rail network (Sydney Trains), with railway stations:

  • Macarthur
  • Campbelltown
  • Leumeah
  • Minto
  • Ingleburn
  • Macquarie Fields
  • Glenfield

Major council facilities

  • Campbelltown Civic Centre, Queen Street, Campbelltown.
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre, a contemporary arts centre located at the corner of Camden & Appin Roads, Campbelltown.
  • Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah, a sports stadium used mainly for football and rugby league.
  • The Gordon Fetterplace Aquatic Centre, The Parkway, Bradbury.
  • Eagle Vale Central, Emerald Drive, Eagle Vale.
  • Macquarie Fields Indoor Sports Centre, Fields Road, Macquarie Fields.
  • Macquarie Fields Leisure Centre, Fields Road, Macquarie Fields.
  • HJ Daley Library, Hurley Street, Campbelltown.
  • Greg Percival Library, corner of Oxford Road & Cumberland Road, Ingleburn.
  • Glenquarie Library, Brooks Street, Macquarie Fields.

Festivals

  • Festival of Fisher's Ghost: Held annually in the Campbelltown CBD every November. Campbelltown's biggest Festival and one of the longest running Festivals in Australia, dating back to 1956. Featuring 10 days of family fun with more than 30 events, including a grand parade of community groups a street fair, music gigs and fireworks.
  • Ingleburn Alive! Festival: Held annually in Oxford Road in the Northern suburb of Ingleburn in March. Free entertainment, rides and family activities, usually followed by a firework display in Milton park.
  • Riverfest, held annually in August in Koshigaya Park, to raise awareness of the city's local environment and cultural diversity.
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