Randwick City Council

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

Suburbs and localities in the City of Randwick are:

• Centennial Park (most is located in City of Sydney council)
• Chifley
• Clovelly (minor part located in Waverley Council)
• Coogee
• Coogee Beach
• Kensington
• Kingsford
• La Perouse
• Little Bay
• Malabar
• Maroubra
• Maroubra Junction
• Matraville (minor part located in Bayside Council)
• Pagewood (most is located in Bayside Council)
• Phillip Bay
• Port Botany
• Randwick
• South Coogee
• University of New South Wales}}

These localities are also serviced by Randwick Council:

• The Spot
• Maroubra Beach
• Clovelly Beach}}

History

The City of Randwick was first proclaimed th Municipality of Randwick on 23 February 1859 in the New South Wales Government Gazette and under the provisions of the Municipalities Act 1858. The municipality was officially proclaimed the City of Randwick with effect from 1 July 1990 by the Governor of New South Wales, Rear Admiral Sir David Martin on 27 June 1990.

The area was home to a few wealthy landowners and the poor residents of several shantytowns until the 1880s, when the coming of trams from Sydney brought extensive suburban development. The New South Wales University of Technology opened at Kensington in 1949 on the site of Kensington Racecourse, eventually becoming the University of New South Wales.

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the City of Randwick merge with the Waverley and Woollahra councils to form a new council with an area of 58 km2 and support a population of approximately . Following an independent review, in May 2016 the NSW Government sought to dismiss the council and force its amalgamation with Woollahra and Waverley councils. Woollahra Council instigated legal action claiming that there was procedural unfairness and that a KPMG report at the centre of merger proposals had been "misleading". The matter was heard before the NSW Court of Appeal who, in December 2016, unanimously dismissed Woollahra Council's appeal, finding no merit in its arguments that the proposed merger with Waverley and Randwick councils was invalid.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/woollahra-loses-merger-appeal-hints-at-high-court-challenge-20161222-gtgod3.html |title=Woollahra loses merger appeal, hints at High Court challenge

Town Clerks and General Managers

Demographics

At the , there were people in the Randwick local government area, of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population; significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9 and 2.8 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the City of Randwick was 34 years. Children aged 0–14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 38.5% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in the City of Randwick between the 2001 Census and the was 1.10%; and in the subsequent five years to the , population growth was 7.59%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Randwick local government area was lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Randwick was higher than the national average.

Council

Current composition and election method

Randwick City Council is composed of fifteen councillors elected proportionally as five separate wards, each electing three councillors. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected for a two-year term, with the deputy mayor for one year, by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council is as follows:

The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election by ward, is:

Election results

2024

Heritage listings

The City of Randwick has a number of heritage-listed sites, including those listed under the New South Wales Heritage Register:

• Centennial Park, 3R Oxford Street: Centennial Park Reservoir
• Centennial Park, 5R Oxford Street: Woollahra Reservoir
• Coogee, 45-51 Beach Street: Cliffbrook
• Coogee, Grant Reserve: McIver Women's Baths
• Coogee, 4b Neptune Street: Wylie's Baths
• Kensington, 85 Todman Avenue: Carthona (Kensington)
• La Perouse, Bare Island Fort
• La Perouse, 46 Adina Avenue: La Perouse Mission Church
• La Perouse, 1-39 Bunnerong Road: Chinese Market Gardens (La Perouse)
• Little Bay, 1430 Anzac Parade: Prince Henry Site
• Malabar, 1250 Anzac Parade: Long Bay Correctional Centre
• Malabar, Franklin Street: Malabar Headland
• Randwick, Centennial Park, Moore Park, Queens Park
• Randwick, 124 Alison Road: Randwick Post Office
• Randwick, 162 Alison Road: Randwick Presbyterian Church
• Randwick, 102-108 Avoca Street: St Jude's Church, Randwick
• Randwick, 211-215 Avoca Street: Corana and Hygeia
• Randwick, 128 Belmore Road: Sandgate (Randwick)
• Randwick, 60 Bundock Lane: Electricity Substation No. 341
• Randwick, 66 Frenchmans Road: Venice (Randwick)
• Randwick, 17 Gilderthorpe Avenue: Hooper Cottage
• Randwick, 16-18 Milford Street: Nugal Hall
• Randwick, 2S Frances Street: Electricity Substation No. 349
• Randwick, 43 St Marks Road: Rathven (Randwick)
• Randwick, 43 St Pauls Street: Ritz Cinema, Sydney
• Randwick, 18-20 Stanley Street: Emanuel School, Australia
• Randwick, 26-42 The Avenue: Avonmore Terrace
• Randwick, 29-39 Young Street: Big Stable Newmarket

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61. {{cite NSW SHR. 5051421. Centennial Park Reservoir WS001
62. {{cite NSW SHR. 5051437. Woollahra Reservoir WS022
63. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045282. Cliffbrook
64. {{cite NSW SHR. 5055930. McIver Women's Baths
65. {{cite NSW SHR. 5050360. Wylie's Baths
66. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045607. Carthona
67. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045621. Bare Island Fort
68. {{cite NSW SHR. 5061399. La Perouse Mission Church
69. {{cite NSW SHR. 5044696. Chinese Market Gardens
70. {{cite NSW SHR. 5052103. Prince Henry Site
71. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045013. Long Bay Correctional Centre
72. {{cite NSW SHR. 5056225. Malabar Headland
73. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045397. Centennial Park, Moore Park, Queens Park
74. {{cite NSW SHR. 5051250. Randwick Post Office (former) and Jubilee Fountain
75. {{cite NSW SHR. 5056744. Randwick Presbyterian Church
76. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045455. St. Jude's Anglican Church, Cemetery, Rectory, Vergers Residence
77. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045332. Corana and Hygeia
78. [https://thelurline.com/ The Lurline Randwick]
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80. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045450. Sandgate
81. {{cite NSW SHR. 5011963. Substation
82. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045459. Venice
83. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045457. Hooper Cottage
84. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045442. Nugal Hall
85. {{cite NSW SHR. 5060567. Electricity Substation No. 349
86. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045400. Rathven
87. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045406. Ritz Theatre
88. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045446. Emanuel School
89. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045656. Avonmore Terrace
90. {{cite NSW SHR. 5045439. Big Stable Newmarket