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City of Darwin

Field	Value
type	lga
name	City of Darwin
state	nt
image	Darwin_city2LGA.png
pop	84613
pop_year	2018
pop_footnotes
area	111
area_footnotes
est	1869
seat	Darwin City
mayor	Peter Styles (Country Liberal Party)
mayortitle	Lord Mayor
region	Metropolitan Darwin
logo	Logo of City of Darwin.svg
url	http://www.darwin.nt.gov.au
stategov	Casuarina, Fannie Bay, Fong Lim, Johnston, Karama, Nightcliff, Port Darwin, Sanderson, Spillett, Wanguri
fedgov	Solomon
near-nw	Unincorporated Top End Region
near-n	Unincorporated Top End Region
near-ne	Unincorporated Top End Region
near-e	Litchfield
near-w	Unincorporated Top End Region
near-sw	Unincorporated Top End Region
near-s	Unincorporated Top End Region
near-se	Unincorporated Top End Region
footnotes	Adjoining LGAs

| near-nw = Unincorporated Top End Region | near-n = Unincorporated Top End Region | near-ne = Unincorporated Top End Region | near-e = Litchfield | near-w = Unincorporated Top End Region | near-sw = Unincorporated Top End Region | near-s = Unincorporated Top End Region | near-se = Unincorporated Top End Region The City of Darwin is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin City, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. Located on the traditional land and waterways of the Larrakia people, the city now covers an area of 111 km2 and, in June 2018, had a population of 84,613 people.

History

The Larrakia people are the traditional owners of the lands and waters in and surrounding the Darwin local government area. Darwin is known as Garramilla in Gulumirrgin, one of the languages of the Larrakia people, but there are many place names within the area.

The first Town and District Council was formed in 1874. The Darwin Town Council was created in 1915. From 1921 the five member Council had been elected on a ratepayer's franchise. In 1930 the Mayor and councillors resigned in protest against the re-introduction of adult suffrage. A caretaker Council was appointed until 1937, when it was abolished at the council's own request.

In 1955 a statement added to the Local Government Ordinance provided for the Constitution of the Municipality of Darwin. In 1957 the council was increased to twelve members and a Mayor.

An annual election providing for the Mayor and half of the Council members to be retired at each election, was also introduced at this time. The first council elections were held on 29 June 1957 and the first elected mayor of Darwin was Lucius (Bill) Richardson. In 1959 an Ordinance provided that the Municipality of Darwin be constituted a city and named 'City of Darwin'.

The first female Mayor of Darwin was Dr Ella Stack, who served as the mayor of Darwin from May 1975 to November 1979, and as Darwin's first Lord Mayor from November 1979.

Wards and councillors

City of Darwin is divided into four wards: Chan, Lyons, Richardson, and Waters (after former Lord Mayors of Darwin, Harry Chan, John "Tiger" Lyons, Lucius (Bill) Richardson, and Ken Waters). These wards are governed by 12 councillors, as well as one directly elected Lord Mayor. Councillors from each ward are elected using a Single Transferable Vote (STV) proportional system.

Wards and councillors	Ward	Party	Notes
Chan	Ed Smelt		Independent Labor
Julie Fraser
Peter Pangquee
Lyons	Sam Weston
Mick Palmer		Independent CLP
Nicole Brown
Richardson			Independent Labor
Shani Carson
Edwin Joseph
Waters	Sylvia Klonaris
Patrik Ralph
Kim Farrar

Suburbs

Chan Ward
(west)	Lyons Ward
(south)	Richardson Ward
(north)	Waters Ward
(east)	Suburb Map

Most of the suburb of Charles Darwin which is largely occupied by the Charles Darwin National Park reaches outside of the boundaries of the City of Darwin into unincorporated area, as do large parts of Berrimah and Hidden Valley. The last two suburbs, Buffalo Creek and Holmes, were approved in 2007. They are still largely undeveloped, especially Buffalo Creek.

Demographics

Selected historical census data for City of Darwin local government area	Census year	id=LGA71000	name=City of Darwin (C)	accessdate=6 December 2017	quick=on}}
id = LGA71000	name = Darwin (C) (Local Government Area)	quick = on	accessdate = 28 June 2017
Population	Estimated residents on census night
LGA rank in terms of size within Northern Territory		1st	1st	1st
% of Northern Territory population	34.26%	34.36%	34.41%	34.44%
% of Australian population	0.37%	0.33%	0.34%	0.34%
Ancestry,
top responses	Australian			24.1%	21.2%
English			20.7%	19.8%
Irish			7.2%	7.4%
Scottish			5.7%	5.6%
Chinese			3.6%	4.1%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)	Greek	3.5%	3.3%	3.4%	3.5%
Tagalog	1.0%		1.6%	2.2%
Cantonese	1.0%	0.9%
Italian	0.8%	0.7%
Hakka	0.8%	0.8%
Indonesian		0.9%	1.0%
Mandarin			1.3%	2.0%
Filipino			1.0%	1.5%
Nepali				1.2%
Religious affiliation,
top responses	Catholic	25.4%	24.7%	24.1%	22.3%
No religion	20.5%	24.0%	25.0%	31.2%
Anglican	14.5%	12.2%	10.6%	7.6%
Uniting	6.5%	5.6%	4.5%
Eastern Orthodox	4.3%	4.1%	4.3%	4.4%
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		687	899	1039
% of Australian median income		147.4%	155.8%	157.0%
Family income	Median weekly family income		1524	2063	2385
% of Australian median income		130.2%	139.2%	137.5%
Household income	Median weekly household income		1286	1809	2164
% of Australian median income		125.2%	146.6%	150.5%
Dwelling type	Separate house	55.3%	54.9%	54.7%	52.6%
Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse	13.2%	11.9%	15.8%	13.3%
Flat or apartment	23.8%	27.2%	26.7%	31.8%

Sister cities

The city of Darwin has seven sister cities.

City	State	Country	Year
Kalymnos	South Aegean region	Greece	April 1982
Anchorage	Alaska	United States	July 1982
Ambon	Maluku	Indonesia	October 1988
Haikou	Hainan	China	September 1990
Milikapiti	Northern Territory	Australia	July 1999
Dili	Dili District	East Timor	September 2003
Bacolod	Negros Occidental	Philippines	August 2022

References

(27 March 2019). "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]].
(29 October 1997). "Litchfield Municipality Localities (map)". Northern Territory Government.
(2023-03-31). "The Larrakia People".
(2014-02-09). "Home {{!}} Larrakia Development Corporation".
(2019). "History".
"AGENDA: Ordinary Council Meeting, Tuesday, 1 February 2022".
"Information Sheet". NT Electoral Commission.
(2025-09-24). "2025 Darwin City Council election". Wikipedia.
"Darwin City Council - Compiled Plan".
{{Census 2001 AUS
{{Census 2006 AUS
{{Census 2011 AUS
"Darwin's Sister Cities". Darwin City Council.

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