City of Hawkesbury New South Wales
Location in OuterMetropolitan Sydney
Coordinates	33°36′41.42″S150°48′53.68″E / 33.6115056°S 150.8149111°E /-33.6115056; 150.8149111
Population	67,207 (LGA2021)[1]
Established	1 January 1981
Area	2,776 km2 (1,071.8 sq mi)
Mayor	Sarah McMahon (Liberal)
Region	Greater Western Sydney The Hawkesbury
State electorate(s)	Hawkesbury Londonderry Riverstone Upper Hunter
Federal division(s)	Macquarie Greenway Hunter
Website	City of Hawkesbury
LGAs around City of Hawkesbury: Mid-Western Singleton Cessnock, Central Coast Lithgow City of Hawkesbury Hills Blue Mountains Penrith Blacktown

TheCity of Hawkesbury is alocal government area ofNew South Wales,Australia, located on the northern and north-western fringe of theGreater Sydney area, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of theSydney central business district. Hawkesbury City is named after theHawkesbury River. Major suburbs in the City of Hawkesbury areWindsor,Richmond andPitt Town. It is a member council of theHawkesbury River County Council.

Themayor of the City of Hawkesbury isCr. Sarah McMahon, a member of theLiberal Party.

Suburbs and localities in the City of Hawkesbury are:

The original inhabitants of the Hawkesbury district were theDarug tribe ofAboriginals, also spelt as Dharug or Daruk. The river, which they called Derrubbin, was a focal point as a source of food and transport. The Darug people used the river to farm for fish, eels, water birds, and mussels. They also used the river as a mode of transport in bark canoes.^[2]

It was first settled byEuropeans in 1794 in a bid to acquirearable land to feed the increasing population of thepenal colony at Sydney. In April 1794,Lieutenant GovernorFrancis Grose submitted plans for the first 22 farms on the Hawkesbury River in the presentPitt Town Bottoms area. In June 1795, Lieutenant GovernorWilliam Paterson deployed troops to engage with Aboriginals inhabiting land along the Hawkesbury River.^{[3][editorializing]}

By 1811 GovernorLachlan Macquarie established the fiveMacquarie Towns in the area. They are Windsor, Richmond,Castlereagh, Wilberforce and Pitt Town. Many of the early 19th century buildings still survive today. Ebenezer has the oldest surviving church and school building in Australia. Windsor District Council was formed in 1843 and disbanded in 1846. In 1871 the Borough Council of Windsor was founded and theRichmond Borough Council followed in 1872. The two councils amalgamated in 1949 to become theMunicipality of Windsor.Colo Shire Council was established in 1906 and joined Windsor Municipal Council from 1 January 1981 to become Hawkesbury Shire Council.^[4][5] On 1 July 1989, Hawkesbury became a City.^[6][7]

On its creation in 1981, Hawkesbury was largely rural, but urban expansion within Sydney has since transformed the southern part of the area intodormitory suburbs. The northern part of the local government area still contains some farmlands andnational parkland.

At the2021 Census, there were 67,207 people in the Hawkesbury local government area. Of these, 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population, which was 1.6% above the national average. Themedian age of people in the City of Hawkesbury was 39 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.^[8]

Population in the City of Hawkesbury between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census decreased by 0.54%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 2.96%. Between the 2011 and 2016 Census, population increased by a further 1.04%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, population growth in Hawkesbury local government area was significantly lower than the national average.^[9] The medianweekly income for residents within the City of Hawkesbury has been consistently marginally higher than the national average.^{[10][11][12][8]}

At the 2021 Census, the proportion of residents in the Hawkesbury local government area who stated theirancestry asAustralian orEnglish amounted to 80.8%, representing an increase from 62% in 2011. Many people from the Hawkesbury identified as having aCatholic (26.0%) orAnglican (19.3%)religious affiliation in 2021.

Selected historical census data for Hawkesbury local government area
Census year		2001[9]	2006[12]	2011[11]	2016[10]	2021[8]
Population	Estimated residents oncensus night	60,887	60,561	62,353	64,592	67,207
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales		34th
	% of New South Wales population			0.90%	1.66%	0.83%
	% of Australian population	0.32%	0.31%	0.29%	0.27%	0.26%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian			32.6%	30.4%	41.1%
	English			29.5%	29.5%	39.7%
	Irish			7.6%	8.3%	10.6%
	Scottish			6.3%	6.8%	9.5%
	Maltese			3.1%	3.5%	5.8%
Language, top responses (other thanEnglish)	Maltese	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%
	Italian	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%
	Cantonese	–	–	–	0.3%	0.3%
	German	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	–
	Arabic	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%
	Punjabi	–	–	–	–	0.5%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	26.6%	27.3%	28.2%	27.5%	26.0%
	Anglican	30.9%	29.9%	29.4%	24.6%	19.3%
	No Religion	12.2%	14.8%	16.7%	23.9%	33.7%
	Not stated	–	–	–	8.3%	5.5%
	Uniting Church	5.7%	5.0%	4.4%	3.3%	2.6%
	Presbyterian and Reformed	3.0%	5.7%	2.8%	–	–
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income	–	$527	$622	$728	$860
	% of Australian median income	–	113.1%	107.8%	110.0%	106.8%
Family income	Median weekly family income	–	$1,146	$1,598	$1,916	$2,272
	% of Australian median income	–	111.6%	107.9%	110.5%	107.1%
Household income	Median weekly household income	–	$1,290	$1,385	$1,668	$1,980
	% of Australian median income	–	110.2%	112.2%	116.0%	113.4%

Hawkesbury City Council is composed of twelvecouncillors electedproportionally as one entireward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. Themayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:^[13]

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:^[13]

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