Английская Википедия:City of Lake Macquarie
Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox Australian place The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area in the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city from 7 September 1984. The city is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is widely considered as a part of the Greater Newcastle area.[1] The city is approximately Шаблон:Convert north of Sydney. One of its major tourist attractions is its lake, also named Lake Macquarie.
The mayor of the City of Lake Macquarie Council is Councillor Kay Fraser, a member of the Labor Party.[2]
The Royal Australian Navy ship Шаблон:HMAS was granted the Right of Freedom of Entry to the City of Lake Macquarie on 9 August 1991.[3]
History
The Shire of Lake Macquarie was proclaimed on 6 March 1906. It became a Municipality on 1 March 1977, and a city on 7 September 1984.[4][5]
Suburbs, towns and villages
Lake Macquarie is home to several prominent coastal suburbs such as Catherine Hill Bay, Caves Beach, Blacksmiths and Redhead. Retail and commercial centres include Belmont, Cardiff, Charlestown Glendale, Swansea, Toronto and Morisset.
The towns and villages in the City of Lake Macquarie are split into three wards – East, North and West.[6] These include:
- East Ward
- Belmont
- Belmont North
- Belmont South
- Bennetts Green
- Blacksmiths
- Cams Wharf
- Catherine Hill Bay
- Caves Beach
- Croudace Bay
- Eleebana
- Floraville
- Gateshead
- Jewells
- Little Pelican
- Marks Point
- Mount Hutton
- Murrays Beach
- Nords Wharf
- Pelican
- Pinny Beach
- Redhead
- Speers Point
- Swansea
- Swansea Heads
- Tingira Heights
- Valentine
- Windale
- North Ward
- Adamstown[n 1]
- Adamstown Heights[n 1]
- Barnsley
- Cameron Park
- Cardiff
- Cardiff Heights
- Cardiff South
- Charlestown
- Dudley
- Edgeworth
- Elermore Vale[n 1]
- Garden Suburb
- Glendale
- Highfields
- Hillsborough
- Holmesville
- Kahibah
- Kotara[n 1]
- Kotara South
- New Lambton[n 1]
- New Lambton Heights[n 1]
- Rankin Park[n 1]
- Seahampton[n 2]
- Warners Bay
- Wallsend[n 1]
- West Wallsend
- Whitebridge
- West Ward
- Arcadia Vale
- Argenton
- Awaba
- Balcolyn
- Balmoral
- Blackalls Park
- Bolton Point
- Bonnells Bay
- Boolaroo
- Booragul
- Brightwaters
- Buttaba
- Carey Bay
- Coal Point
- Cooranbong
- Dora Creek
- Eraring
- Fassifern
- Fennell Bay
- Fishing Point
- Freemans Waterhole
- Kilaben Bay
- Killingworth
- Lakelands
- Macquarie Hills
- Mandalong
- Marmong Point
- Martinsville
- Mirrabooka
- Morisset
- Morisset Park
- Myuna Bay
- Rathmines
- Ryhope
- Silverwater
- Speers Point
- Sunshine
- Teralba
- Toronto
- Wakefield
- Wangi Wangi
- Windermere Park
- Woodrising
- Wyee
- Wyee Point
- Yarrawonga Park
The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies various towns and suburbs in the LGA as being part of the Greater Newcastle Statistical District. The City of Lake Macquarie has its own independent local government (Lake Macquarie City Council). The largest commercial centre in the area is Charlestown.
Demographics
The area is a set of contiguous towns that surround a coastal saltwater lake. These towns merge with the suburbs of Newcastle to the north. Some suburbs, such as Adamstown Heights are partly in the City of Newcastle and partly within the City of Lake Macquarie. There are 92 identified settlements ranging from small rural style communities through to larger and higher density areas such as Toronto, Warners Bay, Belmont, Charlestown and Morisset.
At the Шаблон:CensusAU, there were 189,006 people in the Lake Macquarie local government area, of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population, which was higher than the national and state averages. The median age of people in the City of Lake Macquarie was 41 years, which was significantly higher than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.4% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.[7]
Population growth in the City of Lake Macquarie between the Шаблон:CensusAU and the Шаблон:CensusAU was 3.36%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 3.20%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Lake Macquarie local government area was approximately half the national average.[8] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Lake Macquarie was marginally below the national average.[7][9]
At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Lake Macquarie local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Celtic exceeded 81% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 58% of all residents in the City of Lake Macquarie nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2%. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Lake Macquarie local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (5.4%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (93.0%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).[7]
| Census year | 2001[8] | 2006[9] | 2011[7] | 2016[10] | 2021[11] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 177 185 | 183 138 | 189 006 | 197 371 | 213 845 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | Шаблон:Steady 4th | Шаблон:Steady 4th | Шаблон:Loss 13th | ||||
| % of New South Wales population | 2.73% | Шаблон:Loss 2.64% | Шаблон:Profit 2.65% | ||||
| % of Australian population | 0.94% | Шаблон:Loss 0.92% | Шаблон:Loss 0.88% | Шаблон:Loss 0.84% | Шаблон:Steady 0.84% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | |||||||
| Ancestry, top responses |
Australian | 33.7% | Шаблон:Loss 32.0% | Шаблон:Profit 42.7% | |||
| English | 32.2% | Шаблон:Loss 31.9% | Шаблон:Profit 43.9% | ||||
| Scottish | 8.2% | Шаблон:Gain 8.6% | Шаблон:Gain 11.8% | ||||
| Irish | 7.7% | Шаблон:Gain 8.3% | Шаблон:Gain 10.9% | ||||
| German | 3.0% | Шаблон:Gain 3.1% | |||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) |
Italian | 0.3% | Шаблон:Steady 0.3% | Шаблон:Steady 0.3% | Шаблон:Loss 0.2% | ||
| Macedonian | 0.3% | Шаблон:Steady 0.3% | Шаблон:Steady 0.3% | Шаблон:Steady 0.3% | Шаблон:Loss 0.2% | ||
| Mandarin | 0.3% | Шаблон:Steady 0.3% | |||||
| Italian | 0.3% | Шаблон:Loss 0.2% | |||||
| German | 0.3% | Шаблон:Steady 0.3% | Шаблон:Steady 0.3% | Шаблон:Loss 0.2% | Шаблон:Steady 0.2% | ||
| Cantonese | n/c | Шаблон:Profit 0.2% | Шаблон:Steady 0.2% | ||||
| Spanish | n/c | n/c | Шаблон:Profit 0.2% | Шаблон:Steady 0.2% | Шаблон:Steady 0.2% | ||
| Religious affiliation | |||||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses |
No Religion | 12.5% | Шаблон:Profit 15.5% | Шаблон:Profit 19.7% | Шаблон:Gain 28.9% | Шаблон:Gain 42.0% | |
| Anglican | 29.1% | Шаблон:Loss 27.6% | Шаблон:Loss 26.2% | Шаблон:Loss 21.3% | Шаблон:Loss 15.7% | ||
| Catholic | 23.0% | Шаблон:Loss 22.9% | Шаблон:Loss 22.8% | Шаблон:Loss 20.8% | Шаблон:Loss 18.0% | ||
| Uniting Church | 10.0% | Шаблон:Loss 8.8% | Шаблон:Loss 5.8% | Шаблон:Gain 5.9% | Шаблон:Loss 4.1% | ||
| Presbyterian and Reformed | 4.4% | Шаблон:Loss 4.0% | Шаблон:Loss 3.6% | ||||
| Median weekly incomes | |||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$394 | A$520 | A$609 | A$759 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 84.5% | 90.1% | Шаблон:Gain 92% | Шаблон:Gain 94.3% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$922 | A$1,396 | A$1,610 | A$2,050 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 89.8% | 94.3% | Шаблон:Gain 92.8% | Шаблон:Gain 96.7% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,102 | A$1,177 | A$1,313 | A$1,623 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 94.1% | 90.5% | Шаблон:Gain 91.3% | Шаблон:Gain 93.0% | |||
Economics
Lake Macquarie has a significant coal mining industry and smaller agriculture and manufacturing industries. Eraring power station, a 1980s-era coal-fired power station, supplies 25% of New South Wales' power.[12] Lake Macquarie has a number of Constructed Wetlands with the council placing an emphasis on the environment.
Council
Current composition and election method
Lake Macquarie City Council is composed of thirteen councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is directly elected while the twelve other Councillors are elected proportionally as three separate wards, each electing four Councillors. The most recent election was held on 04 December 2021, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, is as follows:[13]
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor Party | 7 |
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal Party | 3 |
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Lake Mac Independents | 3 |
| Total | 13 | |
The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election by ward, is:
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor[14] | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Kay Fraser | Labor | |
| East Ward[15] | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Adam Shultz | Labor | |
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Nick Jones | Liberal | ||
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Christine Buckley | Labor | ||
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Kate Warner | Lake Mac Independents | ||
| North Ward[16] | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Brian Adamthwaite | Labor | |
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Jack Antcliff | Liberal | ||
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Keara Conroy | Labor | ||
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Colin Grigg | Lake Mac Independents | ||
| West Ward[17] | Шаблон:Australian party style| | David Belcher | Labor | |
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Jason Pauling | Liberal | ||
| scope="row" Шаблон:Australian party style| | Luke Cubis | Lake Mac Independents | ||
| Шаблон:Australian party style | | Madeline Bishop | Labor | ||
Shopping
Major shopping centres include:
- Charlestown Square
- Stockland Glendale
- Lake Macquarie Square
Arts and culture
Lake Macquarie has a number of cultural and artistic locations:[18]
- Dobell House – last residence of William Dobell, Wangi Wangi
- Finite Gallery, Caves Beach Fine Arts and Crafts
- Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul
- South Sea Islands Museum and Sunnyside Historic Home, Cooranbong
- The Friends of Rathmines Incorporated, Rathmines Park
Sister cities
The City of Lake Macquarie has sister city relations with the following cities:[19]
- Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan
- Tanagura, Fukushima, Japan
- Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Round Rock, Texas, United States of America[20]
Notes
References
External links
Шаблон:Portal Шаблон:Wikivoyage Шаблон:Commons category
- Lake Macquarie City Council
- Lake Macquarie Business Directory Шаблон:Webarchive
- Lake Macquarie City
- Clickable map of New South Wales LGAs (NSW Dept. of Local Government)
- Rathmines Community Website and Forum Шаблон:Webarchive
- Шаблон:Statoids
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