Bankstown City
| City of Bankstown | |
 Location of Bankstown City in Sydney |
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| State : |
 Australia
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| State : |
 New South Wales
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| Administrative headquarters: | Bankstown |
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| Area : | 77 km² |
| Residents : | 182,352 (2011) |
| Population density : | 2368 inhabitants per km² |
| Wards : | 4th |
Coordinates: 33 ° 55 ' S , 151 ° 2' O Bankstown City was a Local Government Area (LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales . Bankstown was part of the metropolis of Sydney , the capital of New South Wales. The area was 77 km² and had about 182,000 inhabitants.
In 2016, the administrative area was incorporated into the newly created City of Caterbury-Bankstown .
geography
Bankstown was about 17 km southwest of Sydney city center, north of the foothills of Botany Bay . The area included 37 neighborhoods: Bankstown, Bankstown Aerodrome, Bankstown Airport, Bankstown East, Bankstown North, Bankstown South, Bankstown Square, Bankstown West, Bass Hill, Birrong, Chester Hill, Chullora, Condell Park, East Hills, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Leightonfield, Manahan, Milperra, Mount Lewis, Padstow, Padstow Heights, Panania, Picnic Point, Potts Hill, Revesby, Revesby Heights, Revesby North, Yagoona, Yagoona West and parts of Greenacre, Old Guildford, Punchbowl, Regents Park, Sefton, Strathfield South and Villawood. The seat of the City Council was in the district Bankstown in the center of the LGA.
administration
Bankstown City Council had twelve members elected by the residents of the four wards (three councilors each from North, East, West and South Ward). These four districts were determined independently of the districts. The mayor of the council was also recruited from among the councilors.
Partnerships
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Broken Hill , New South Wales -
Suita , Japan -
Colorado Springs , United States -
Yangcheon-gu City , South Korea -
Shijiazhuang , China
sons and daughters of the town
- Teigen Allen (* 1994), soccer player
- Brett Emerton (born 1979), football player
- Brett Holman (* 1984), football player
- Heiko Maile (* 1966), member of the band Camouflage
- Sasho Petrovski (* 1975), football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Bankstown (C) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2011 Census QuickStats . March 28, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013.