Gosford City Council
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Gosford City is a local government area of the Australian state of New South Wales, governed by the Gosford City Council. It is located approximately midway between Sydney and Newcastle and includes a moderately densely-populated coastal strip that extends from the Hawkesbury River northward to Forresters Beach (including the towns of Killcare, MacMasters Beach, Avoca, Terrigal and Wamberal), several inland towns and residential areas (Kincumber, Erina, Gosford, Wyoming, Woy Woy) and an extensive sparsely-populated region to the west that is largely native bush.
Gosford City local government area covers an area of 1,028.19 square kilometres and had an estimated population of 162,533 in June 2003.
Together with Wyong Shire, it forms a region known as the Central Coast of NSW.
Boundaries
The local government area is bounded:
- to the north, by Wyong Shire and Cessnock City local government areas, with the boundary running between Bateau Bay and Forresters Beach, through Tumbi Umbi, Holgate, Lisarow, Somersby and Kulnura.
- to the west, by the City of Hawkesbury local government area, with the boundary running through the Judd Dowling Ranges and the Dharug National Park to a point just east of Wiseman's Ferry on the Hawkesbury River.
- to the south, by the Hawkesbury River, with Hornsby Shire and Pittwater local government areas lying south of the river
- to the east, by the Pacific Ocean
Statistics
Some brief statistics from the 2001 Australian Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/
| Gosford | NSW | Australia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1996 | 1991 | 2001 | 1996 | 1991 | 2001 | 1996 | 1991 | |
| Population (incr. to 2001) |
154,654 | 144,840 (6.8%) | 128,781 (20.1%) |
6,371,745 | 6,038,696 (3.3%) | 5,732,032 (11.2%) |
18,972,350 | 17,892,423 (6.0%) | 16,850,334 (12.6%) |
| 0-14 (proportion) |
32,866 (21.3%) | 1,313,350 (20.8%) | 3,912,475 (20.8%) | ||||||
| 15-24 (proportion) |
17,905 (11.6%) | 845,345 (13.4%) | 2,566,346 (13.6%) | ||||||
| 25-44 (proportion) |
35,075 (22.8%) | 1,880,360 (29.8%) | 5,591,476 (30.0%) | ||||||
| 45-64 (proportion) |
41,248 (26.8%) | 1,443,638 (22.9%) | 4,328,074 (23.1%) | ||||||
| 65+ (proportion) |
26,951 (17.5%) | 828,475 (13.1%) | 2,370,878 (12.5%) | ||||||
| Median age | 38 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 32 |
| Australian-born | 80.2% | 82.4% | 83.8% | 70.5% | 73.3% | 75.1% | 72.6% | 74.5% | 75.8% |
| Post-Secondary Education | |||||||||
| Postgraduate | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 1.9% |
| Bachelor | 7.3% | 5.4% | 3.8% | 10.1% | 8.0% | 5.8% | 9.7% | 7.7% | 5.7% |
| Diploma/Certificate | 26.1% | 23.5% | 22.6% | 22.7% | 20.6% | 19.8% | 21.8% | 19.6% | 18.8% |
See also: List of cities in Australia
External links
- Gosford City Council official website
- Central Coast Tourism
- Central Coast Regional Development Organisation website
- NSW Department of Local Government: Suburbs and Towns in Gosford Council (includes map)