City of Campbelltown (New South Wales)

This article is about the local government area. For the Sydney suburb, see Campbelltown, New South Wales.

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).

City of Campbelltown New South Wales
Location in Metropolitan Sydney
Coordinates	34°04′S 150°49′E / 34.067°S 150.817°E / -34.067; 150.817
Population	157,006 (2016 census)^[1] (37th) 170,943 (2019 est.)^[2]
• Density	509.4/km^2 (1,319/sq mi)
Established	1882 (Municipality) 4 May 1968 (as a city)
Area	312 km^2 (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)	Macarthur Werriwa
Website	City of Campbelltown
LGAs around City of Campbelltown: Camden Liverpool Sutherland Camden City of Campbelltown Sutherland Wollondilly Wollondilly Wollongong

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

Suburbs in the local government area

Suburbs in the City of Campbelltown are:

• Airds
• Ambarvale
• Bardia
• Blair Athol
• Blairmount
• Bow Bowing
• Bradbury
• Campbelltown
• Claymore
• Denham Court
• Eagle Vale
• Edmondson Park (South)
• Englorie Park
• Eschol Park
• Gilead
• Glen Alpine
• Glenfield
• Ingleburn
• Kearns
• Kentlyn
• Leumeah
• Long Point
• Macarthur Heights
• Macquarie Fields
• Macquarie Links
• Menangle Park
• Minto
• Minto Heights
• Raby
• Rosemeadow
• Ruse
• St Andrews
• St Helens Park
• Varroville
• Wedderburn
• Woodbine

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.^[1]

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.^[3][4][5] The median weekly income for residents within the Campbelltown Local Government Area was generally on par with the national average.^[1]

Selected historical census data for Campbelltown local government area
Census year			2001^[3]	2006^[4]	2011^[5]	2016^[1]
Population		Estimated residents on census night	145,294	143,076	145,967	157,006
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			19th	16th
		% of New South Wales population			2.11%	2.10%
		% of Australian population	0.77%	0.72%	0.68%	0.67%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Australian			25.1%	21.6%
		English			22.1%	20.3%
		Irish			5.9%	5.8%
		Scottish			5.0%	4.7%
		Indian			2.9%	4.2%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Arabic	2.3%	2.7%	2.7%	3.4%
		Bengali	n/c	n/c	1.8%	3.0%
		Hindi	1.2%	1.6%	2.1%	2.4%
		Samoan	1.4%	1.7%	2.1%	2.2%
		Spanish	1.8%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Catholic	32.1%	30.9%	30.3%	26.6%
		No religion, so described	9.1%	10.7%	12.5%	17.9%
		Anglican	25.9%	23.3%	21.0%	15.2%
		Not stated				8.3%
		Islam	3.3%	4.5%	5.7%	7.9%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		A$464	A$549	A$632
		% of Australian median income		99.6%	95.1%	95.5%
Family income		Median weekly family income		A$1,066	A$1,390	A$1,597
		% of Australian median income		103.8%	93.9%	92.1%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$1,156	A$1,251	A$1,459
		% of Australian median income		98.7%	101.4%	101.4%

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:^[6]

 

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:^[6]

Councillor	Party		Notes
George Greiss		Liberal	Mayor^[7]
George Brticevic		Independent	Elected as a Labor candidate, later resigning from the party.^[8]
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.^[8]
Rey Manoto		Labor
Masood Chowdhury		Labor
John Chew		Liberal
Karen Hunt		Labor
Muhamad (Masud) Khalil		Independent	Deputy Mayor^[9]
Matt Stellino		Animal Justice
Warren Morrison		Totally Locally Committed

2021 election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections § Campbelltown.[edit]

Incumbent Bob Thompson's Independent Team councillor Bob Thompson did not seek re-election.^[10]

Elected councillor		Party
	George Brticevic	Labor
	Meg Oates	Labor
	Darcy Lound	Labor
	Margaret Chivers	Labor
	Rey Manoto	Labor
	Masood Chowdhury	Labor
	Karen Hunt	Labor
	George Greiss	Liberal
	Marian George	Liberal
	Riley Munro	Liberal
	John Chew	Liberal
	Matt Stellino	Animal Justice
	Joshua Cotter	Community First
	Masud Khalil	Community Voice
	Warren Morrison	TLC

2021 New South Wales local elections: Campbelltown^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		39,162	43.8	+0.5
	Liberal		22,056	24.7	+8.2
	Community First Team		7,561	8.5	−0.4
	Totally Locally Committed		4,809	5.4	−4.6
	Community Voice		4,388	4.9
	Animal Justice		4,261	4.8	+4.8
	Greens		4,057	4.5	−0.4
	Campbelltown Independents		2,857	3.2
	Independent	Mukesh Chand	98	0.1
	Independent	Mick Allen	88	0.1
Total formal votes			89,337	93.7
Informal votes			6,011	6.3
Turnout			95,348	84.4
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Labor			7
	Liberal			4	1
	Community First Team			1
	Totally Locally Committed			1	1
	Community Voice			1	1
	Animal Justice			1	1
	Greens			0	1

Past mayors

Main article: List of mayors of Campbelltown

History and growth

Campbelltown was founded in 1820, named after Elizabeth Macquarie née Campbell,^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[14]

Heritage listings

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

• Campbelltown, Broughton Street: St John's Catholic Church, Campbelltown^[15]
• Campbelltown, 8 Lithgow Street: Glenalvon House^[16]
• Campbelltown, 14 – 20 Queen Street: Warbys Barn and Stables^[17]
• Campbelltown, 261 Queen Street: Campbelltown Post Office^[18]
• Campbelltown, 263 Queen Street: Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Campbelltown Branch (former)^[19]
• Campbelltown, 284 – 298 Queen Street: Queen Street Buildings^[20]
• Campbelltown, 303 Queen Street: Dredges Cottage^[21]
• Denham Court, 238 Campbelltown Road: Denham Court (homestead)^[22]
• Gilead, 767 Appin Road: Beulah, Gilead^[23]
• Gilead, Menangle Road: Sugarloaf Farm^[24]
• Ingleburn, 196 Campbelltown Road: Robin Hood Farm^[25]
• Kearns, Mississippi Crescent: Epping Forest, Kearns^[26]
• Kentlyn, Darling Avenue: Bull Cave^[27]
• Leumeah, Holly Lea Road: Holly Lea and Plough Inn^[28]
• Macquarie Fields, Quarter Sessions Road: Macquarie Field House^[29]
• Menangle Park, Glenlee Road: Glenlee, Menangle Park^[30]
• Minto, Lot 315 Ben Lomond Road: Stone Cottage, Minto^[31]
• St Helens Park, Appin Road: Denfield^[32]
• St Helens Park, St Helens Park Drive: St Helen's Park^[33]
• Varroville, 196 St Andrews Road: Varroville (homestead)^[34]

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,^[35][36] numerous road fatalities on Appin Road and the inadequate causeway over the Georges River at Cambridge Avenue, Glenfield.^[37]

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.

See also

• Local government areas of New South Wales

References

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29. "Macquarie Field House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00424. 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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31. "Stone Cottage". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01388. 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. "Denfield". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00540. 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. "St. Helen's Park". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00406. 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. "Varroville". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00737. 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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36. Campbell, David (7 March 2011). "Macarthur roads named and shamed in RTA top-100 list". Macarthur Chronicle. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
37. Campbell, David (2 August 2010). "Glenfield's Cambridge Ave causeway back for debate". Macarthur Chronicle. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

 

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• Campbelltown City Council website
• Festival of Fishers Ghost
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (National Regional Profile)
• Campbelltown Focus images of Campbelltown.