City of Canterbury Bankstown
Local government area in New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Canterbury-Bankstown Council, trading as the City of Canterbury Bankstown, is a local government area in the Canterbury-Bankstown region[lower-alpha 1] of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 from a merger of the City of Canterbury and the City of Bankstown,[3] after a review of local government areas by the NSW Government.
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• Density | 3,348.4/km2 (8,672/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 12 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 110.8 km2 (42.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Bilal El-Hayek | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Bankstown | ||||||||||||||
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Website | City of Canterbury-Bankstown | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Canterbury Bankstown comprises an area of 110.8 square kilometres (42.8 sq mi) and as per the 2021 census, had a population of 371,006 making it the second most populous local government area in New South Wales.
The current mayor is Bilal El-Hayek, a member of the Labor Party, who was elected on 11 May 2023.