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The City of Campbelltown is a local government area in the Macarthur region of south-western
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of the City of Campbelltown is Cr. George Greiss, a member of the
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Suburbs

Suburbs in the City of Campbelltown are:


Demographics

At the there were people in the Campbelltown local government area, of these 49% were male and 51% were female.
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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 and the , 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 , and experienced a population increase of 2.02% over the subsequent five years to the . 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.


Council


Current composition and election method

Campbelltown City Council is composed of fifteen
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s elected proportionally as one entire
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. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The
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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: The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:


Past Mayors


History and growth

Campbelltown was founded in 1820, named after Elizabeth Macquarie née Campbell, wife of the then
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Lachlan Macquarie. The town was one of a series of south-western settlements established by Macquarie at that time; the others include Ingleburn and . 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
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. Campbelltown was presented with its own
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in 1969. The coat of arms were based those on the arms of the Campbell family in
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. 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.
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, Minister for Local Government and
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. 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
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Heritage listings

The City of Campbelltown has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Campbelltown, Broughton Street:
St John's Catholic Church, Campbelltown St John's Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery is a heritage-listed former school and now Roman Catholic church building located in George Street in Campbelltown. It was designed by John Joseph Therry and built from 1824 to 1841. It is also kn ...
* Campbelltown, 8 Lithgow Street: Glenalvon House * Campbelltown, 14 - 20 Queen Street: Warbys Barn and Stables * Campbelltown, 261 Queen Street: Campbelltown Post Office * Campbelltown, 263 Queen Street: Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Campbelltown Branch (former) * Campbelltown, 284 - 298 Queen Street: Queen Street Buildings * Campbelltown, 303 Queen Street: Dredges Cottage * Denham Court, 238 Campbelltown Road:
Denham Court (homestead) Denham Court is a heritage-listed former residence and farm estate and now residence located at 238 Campbelltown Road, Denham Court in the City of Campbelltown local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Verge ...
* Gilead, 767 Appin Road:
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* Gilead, Menangle Road: Sugarloaf Farm * Ingleburn, 196 Campbelltown Road: Robin Hood Farm * Kearns, Mississippi Crescent:
Epping Forest, Kearns Epping Forest is a heritage-listed former farm and residence and now vacant building at Mississippi Crescent, Kearns, City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built from 1825. The property is privately owned. It w ...
* Kentlyn, Darling Avenue:
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* Leumeah, Holly Lea Road: Holly Lea and Plough Inn * Macquarie Fields, Quarter Sessions Road: Macquarie Field House * Menangle Park, Glenlee Road:
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* Minto, Lot 315 Ben Lomond Road:
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* St Helens Park, Appin Road:
Denfield ''Denfield'' is a heritage-listed former farm homestead complex, residence, inn and farm and now residence located at Appin Road, St Helens Park in the City of Campbelltown local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built ...
* St Helens Park, St Helens Park Drive: St Helen's Park * Varroville, 196 St Andrews Road:
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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 *
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* Ingleburn *
Macquarie Fields Macquarie Fields is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Macquarie Fields is located 38 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and ...
* Glenfield


Major council facilities

* Campbelltown Civic Centre, Queen Street, Campbelltown. *
Campbelltown Arts Centre Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C or CAC) is a multidisciplinary contemporary arts centre located in Campbelltown, New South Wales, south west of Sydney, Australia. It is a cultural facility of Campbelltown City Council, assisted by other governm ...
, a contemporary arts centre located at the corner of Camden & Appin Roads, Campbelltown. *
Campbelltown Stadium Campbelltown Stadium, formerly Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium in Leumeah, New South Wales, Australia, owned by Campbelltown City Council. It is the home ground of the Western Suburbs Magpies and the Wests Ti ...
, 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
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: 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

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Local government areas of New South Wales This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, sorted by region. As of there were 128 local government areas in New South Wales, listed below in alphabetical order by region. There is also the Unincorporated Far West Reg ...


References


External links


Campbelltown City Council website

Festival of Fishers Ghost

Australian Bureau of Statistics (National Regional Profile)

Images of Campbelltown

Image of Cambridge Ave causeway, Glenfield flooding

Campbelltown Focus
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