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Coordinates: 33°50′S 151°15′E / 33.833°S 151.250°E / -33.833; 151.250
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This article is about the local government area. For the suburb, see Mosman, New South Wales.

Mosman Council
New South Wales
Location in metropolitan Sydney
Map
Coordinates33°50′S 151°15′E / 33.833°S 151.250°E / -33.833; 151.250
Population28,329 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density3,150/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Established11 April 1893 (1893-04-11)
(as Borough of Mosman)
Area9 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
MayorCarolyn Corrigan
Council seatMosman
RegionMetropolitan Sydney
State electorate(s)North Shore
Federal division(s)Warringah
WebsiteMosman Council
LGAs around Mosman Council:
Willoughby Middle Harbour Northern Beaches
North Sydney Mosman Council Sydney Heads
Sydney Sydney Harbour Woollahra

Mosman Council is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The mayor of Mosman Council is Cr. Carolyn Corrigan, a representative of the Serving Mosman independent political group since 9 September 2017.[2]

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

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In February 1997, the Government gazetted that they had assigned the suburb of Mosman as the only suburb in the Municipality of Mosman. However, Mosman Council decided that residents should continue to be allowed to use the traditional locality names if they wished.[3]

The municipality also includes, manages and maintains the following localities and locations:

Demographics

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At the 2021 census, there were 28,329 people in the Mosman local government area, of these 46.0 per cent were male and 54.0 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3 per cent of the population, significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 3.4 and 3.2 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the Mosman Council area was 45 years, significantly above the national average of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 16.3 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.8 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.2 per cent were married and 11.3 per cent were either divorced or separated.[4]

Population growth in the Mosman local government area between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 2.99 per cent: in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 4.64 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the Mosman Council area increased by 3.72 per cent. This was lower than the national average rate of total population growth of Australia for the same period, which was 8.8 per cent.[4][5][6] The median weekly income for residents within the Mosman Council area in 2021 was nearly double the national average at $2,892 compared to $1,746 nationally.

About 23.1 per cent of residents in the Mosman Council area nominated an affiliation with Catholicism at the 2021 census, compared with the national average of 20.0 per cent. The proportion of residents with no religion was slightly higher than the national average at 40.1% compared to 38.4% nationally. Compared to the national average, at the 2016 census, households in the Mosman local government area had a low proportion (18.6 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 22.2 per cent); and a high proportion (77.9 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 72.7 per cent).[4]

Selected historical census data for Mosman local government area
Census year 2001[7] 2006[5] 2011[6] 2016[4] 2021[1]
Population Estimated residents on census night 25,475 Increase 26,236 Increase 27,453 Increase 28,475 Decrease 28,329
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales 70th Increase 63rd Increase 62nd
% of New South Wales population 0.42% Decrease 0.40% Decrease 0.38%
% of Australian population 0.14% Decrease 0.13% Steady 0.13% Decrease 0.12%
Estimated ATSI population on census night 21 Increase 26 Increase 31 Increase 60 Increase 82
% of ATSI population to residents 0.1% Steady 0.1% Steady 0.1% Increase 0.2% Increase 0.3%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses		 English 29.0% Decrease 28.5% Increase 41.0%
Australian 20.6% Decrease 18.3% Increase 26.8%
Irish 9.9% Increase 10.5% Increase 14.3%
Scottish 8.3% Increase 8.4% Increase 12.4%
Chinese n/c n/c n/c 3.6% Increase 6.2%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)		 Mandarin n/c n/c 0.8% Increase 2.2% Increase 3.0%
Spanish n/c n/c n/c 1.2% Steady 1.2%
French 0.7% Steady 0.7% Increase 1.0% Increase 1.1% Steady 1.1%
Cantonese 1.0% Decrease 0.9% Decrease 0.8% Increase 0.9% Increase 1.0%
Italian 0.8% Steady 0.8% Increase 1.0% Decrease 0.9% Decrease0.8%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses		 No religion, so described 17.1% Increase 19.2% Increase 23.5% Increase 31.3% Increase 40.1%
Catholic 25.3% Steady 25.3% Increase 25.6% Decrease 23.9% Decrease 23.1%
Anglican 29.6% Decrease 27.5% Decrease 24.6% Decrease 20.1% Decrease 17.3%
Not stated n/c n/c n/c 10.6% Decrease 5.0%
Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% Decrease 3.8% Decrease 3.2% Decrease 2.6%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income Median weekly personal income $969 Increase $1,117 Increase $1,295 Increase $1,487
% of Australian median income 207.9% Decrease 193.6% Increase 195.6%
Family income Median weekly family income A$1,916 Increase $2,838 Increase $3,671 Increase $4,502
% of Australian median income 186.6% Increase 191.6% Increase 211.7%
Household income Median weekly household income $2,675 Decrease $2,465 Increase $2,522 Increase $2,892
% of Australian median income 228.4% Decrease 199.8% Decrease 175.4%
Dwelling structure
Dwelling type Separate house 36.9% Increase 38.5% Increase 38.9% Decrease 35.4% Decrease 34.9%
Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse 12.5% Decrease 11.2% Increase 12.5% Decrease 12.1% Decrease 12.0%
Flat or apartment 48.6% Increase 49.4% Decrease 48.0% Increase 51.7% Increase 52.0%

Council

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Mosman Municipal Council Chambers
See also: List of mayors of Mosman
Mayor Term Notes
Mayor Carolyn Corrigan 9 September 2017 – present Deputy Mayor 2015–2016[8]
Deputy Mayor Pip Friedrich 6 September 2023 – present [9]
General manager Term Notes
Dominic Johnson 8 August 2016 – present Acting General Manager of Ryde 2014–2015

Composition and election methods

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Term Aldermen/Councillors Wards Mayor
1893–1895 9 No wards Annual election by Aldermen/Councillors
1895–1902[10] 9 (3 per ward) West Ward
East Ward
North Ward
1902–1948[11] 12 (3 per ward) Balmoral Ward
West Ward
East Ward
North Ward
1948–2008[12][13] Middle Harbour Ward
Balmoral Ward
East Ward
West Ward
2008–2012 9 (3 per ward) Middle Harbour Ward
Balmoral Ward
Mosman Bay Ward
2012–present 7 (6 Councillors, 1 Mayor) No wards Direct quadrennial election

Current composition and election method

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Mosman Council comprises seven councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor has been directly elected since 2012 while the six other councillors are elected proportionally as one ward. The deputy mayor is elected annually by the councillors. From the 2008 elections to the 2012 elections, the area was divided into three wards (Mosman Bay, Middle Harbour, Balmoral), each electing three councillors and the mayor was elected by the councillors annually.[14] The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, is as follows:[15][16]

Party Councillors
  Serving Mosman 4
  Independents 3
Total 7

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:[15]

Mayor Party Notes
Carolyn Corrigan   Serving Mosman Councillor 2012–2017; Deputy Mayor 2015–2016; Mayor 2017–present.[17][18][16]
Councillor Party Notes
Simon Menzies   Independent Elected 2004 (West Ward 2004–08, Mosman Bay Ward 2008–12); Deputy Mayor 2009–2011, May–Sep 2012, Jan–Sep 2022.[19][20]
Roy Bendall   Independent Elected 2012; Deputy Mayor 2012–2015, 2016–2018, 2022–2023.[21][22][23]
Michael Randall   Serving Mosman
Sarah Hughes   Serving Mosman
Phillipa (Pip) Friedrich   Serving Mosman Deputy Mayor 2023–present[9]
Libby Moline   Independent Elected 2012; Deputy Mayor 2019–2022.[24]

History

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Mosman Council Chambers in February 1940 by Sam Hood.

Mosman was first incorporated in 1867 as the "Mossmans Ward" of the Municipality of St Leonards, which lasted until 1890 when the boroughs of Victoria, St Leonards and East St Leonards merged to form the Borough of North Sydney, with the Mosman ward renamed as the "Mossman Ward". Following a petition submitted by residents in 1892, on 11 April 1893 the ward's separation as the Borough of Mosman was proclaimed by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Frederick Darley.[25] The first nine-member council was elected on 9 June 1893, with the first mayor, Richard Hayes Harnett Jr., elected on the same day.[26] From 28 December 1906, following the passing of the Local Government Act, 1906, the council was renamed as the "Municipality of Mosman". With the passing of the Local Government Act, 1993, the Municipality of Mosman was legally renamed as Mosman Council and aldermen were renamed councillors.

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Municipality of Mosman merge with adjoining councils. The government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger of Manly and Mosman Councils and parts of Warringah Council to form a new council with an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 153,000.[27] The alternative, proposed by Warringah Council on 23 February 2016, was for an amalgamation of the Pittwater, Manly and Warringah councils. As a consequence of Warringah's proposal, the New South Wales Minister for Local Government Paul Toole proposed that the North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman Councils be merged.[28] In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.[29]

Heritage listings

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Mosman Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Sister city

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Mosman has twin town status with Glen Innes.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mosman". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 January 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Tang, Caroline (11 September 2017). "New mayor for Mosman Council". Mosman Daily. Retrieved 22 September 2017 – via The Daily Telegraph. Carolyn Corrigan has declared victory in the Mosman Council mayoral elections.
  3. ^ "Ordinary Meeting Agenda" (PDF). Mosman Municipal Council. 29 November 2005. p. 83.
  4. ^ a b c d Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mosman (A)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 July 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mosman (A)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mosman (A)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 November 2012. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Mosman (A)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 November 2012. Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ Hevesi, Bryant (18 September 2015). "Carolyn Corrigan wins Mosman deputy mayor vote after Roy Bendall stands down from position". Mosman Daily. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  9. ^ a b "New Deputy Mayor elected" (Media Release). Mosman Council. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. ^ 'Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 9 September, p. 5824., viewed 24 Apr 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224299811
  11. ^ 'PROCLAMATION', Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), 4 April, p. 2615., viewed 24 Apr 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222074177
  12. ^ 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919.—PROCLAMATION.', Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), 1 March, p. 486., viewed 24 Apr 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224761674
  13. ^ 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919.—PROCLAMATION', Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), 11 January, p. 63., viewed 24 Apr 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220212174
  14. ^ "Mosman Municipal Council". 2008 Election results. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  15. ^ a b "Mosman – Councillor Election". NSW Local Council Elections 2021. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Mosman – Mayoral Election". NSW Local Government Elections 2021. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  17. ^ "New Deputy Mayor for Mosman" (Media Release). Mosman Council. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Mosman – Mayoral Contest". NSW Local Council Elections 2017. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Councillor Simon Menzies elected Deputy Mayor" (Media Release). Mosman Council. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Mayor, Councillors inducted" (Media Release). Mosman Council. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Council Decided – 6 September 2016" (Media Release). Mosman Council. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  22. ^ Roberts, Simone (13 September 2012). "Mosman Council result 'a mandate for change'". The Mosman Daily. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  23. ^ "New Deputy Mayor elected" (Media Release). Mosman Council. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Deputy Mayor re-elected" (Media Release). Mosman Council. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 234. 11 April 1893. p. 2835. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  26. ^ "BOROUGH OF MOSMAN". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 434. 16 June 1893. p. 4759. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  27. ^ "Merger proposal: Manly Council, Mosman Municipal Council, Warringah Council (part)" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 8. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  28. ^ Toole, Paul (25 February 2016). "North Sydney, Willoughby and Mosman councils Proposal" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  29. ^ Blumer, Clare; Chettle, Nicole (27 July 2017). "NSW council amalgamations: Mayors fight to claw back court dollars after backflip on merger". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  30. ^ "Balmoral Bathers Pavilion". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00760. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  31. ^ "Georges Head Military Fortifications". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00987. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  32. ^ "Middle Head Military Fortifications". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00999. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  33. ^ "Mosman Bay Sewage Aqueduct". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01328. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  34. ^ "Monterey, residential apartments". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00367. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  35. ^ "The Barn - Scout Hall". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00188. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  36. ^ "Alma House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00070. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  37. ^ "Bradleys Head Forts and HMAS Sydney 1 Mast and Associated Memorials". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01838. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  38. ^ "Woolley House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01514. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  39. ^ "Building". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00430. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  40. ^ "Boronia". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00069. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  41. ^ "Residence". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00210. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  42. ^ "Igloo House, The". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01652. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  43. ^ "Bradleys Head Light Tower". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01430. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
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