6 March 1906 (Shire) 17 June 1961 (Municipality) 9 March 1979 (City)
Area
246.9 km2 (95.3 sq mi)
Time zone
AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)
AEDT (UTC+11)
Mayor
Brad Bunting
Council seat
Civic Centre, Blacktown
Region
Western Sydney
State electorate(s)
Blacktown
Winston Hills
Mount Druitt, Riverstone
Londonderry, Prospect
Federal division(s)
Chifley
Greenway
McMahon
Website
Blacktown City Council
LGAs around Blacktown City Council:
Penrith
Hawkesbury
The Hills Shire
Penrith
Blacktown City Council
Parramatta
Penrith
Fairfield
Cumberland
Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktown Shire and becoming the Municipality of Blacktown in 1961 before gaining city status in 1979, the City occupies an area of 246.9 square kilometres (95.3 sq mi) and has a population of 410,419, making it the most populous local government area in Sydney.[2]
The acting-mayor of Blacktown City Council is Councillor Chris Quilkey following the death of then-mayor Tony Bleasdale, a member of the Australian Labor Party who died 3 May 2024.[3]
^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Blacktown". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^"City profile – Blacktown City". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017.
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