Lane Cove Council

Lane Cove Council is a local government area located on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The administrative seat of Lane Cove is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district.

The council comprises an area of 11 square kilometres (4.2 sq mi), and as at the 2021 census had an estimated population of 39,438.^[3]

The mayor of Lane Cove Council since 10 October 2024 is Councillor Merri Southwood,^[4] an independent candidate.

On the western and southern borders is the Lane Cove River with the Ryde and Hunter's Hill, across the river on the western and southern banks respectively. To the north is the Willoughby and to the east is North Sydney.

Suburbs in the Municipality of Lane Cove are:

Localities in the municipality are:

• Blaxlands Corner
• Gore Hill
• Palm Gardens
• Osborne Park

At the 2016 census there were 36,051 people in the Lane Cove local government area, of these 49.2 per cent were male and 50.2 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3 per cent 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 Municipality of Lane Cove was 36 years; slightly lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.5 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 51.8 per cent were married and 10.4 per cent were either divorced or separated.^[5]

Population growth in the Municipality of Lane Cove between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 0.29 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 3.44 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the Municipality increased by 14.41 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the Lane Cove local government area was significantly higher than the national average.^[5][6][7][8] The median weekly income for residents within the Municipality of Lane Cove was significantly higher than the national average.

En mayo de 1865, 67 residentes del distrito rural de Willoughby, que incluía lo que hoy es Lane Cove, enviaron una petición al gobernador Sir John Young, solicitando la incorporación del "Municipio de North Willoughby". ^{[ 16 ]} Esto dio como resultado que el municipio fuera proclamado formalmente el 23 de octubre de 1865. ^{[ 17 ]}

No había distritos electorales hasta 1876, cuando el consejo se dividió en tres: el distrito de Chatsworth al norte, el distrito de Middle Harbour al este y el distrito de Lane Cove al oeste. El distrito de Lane Cove se convirtió posteriormente en el municipio independiente de Lane Cove el 11 de febrero de 1895. ^{[ 18 ]} Con la aprobación de la Ley de Gobierno Local de 1906, el nombre se cambió a " Municipio de Lane Cove " y con la aprobación de la Ley de Gobierno Local de 1993, el consejo cambió legalmente a " Consejo de Lane Cove " y los regidores pasaron a llamarse consejeros.

Una revisión de los límites de los gobiernos locales realizada en 2015 por el Tribunal Independiente de Precios y Regulación del Gobierno de Nueva Gales del Sur recomendó que el municipio de Lane Cove se fusionara con los consejos al otro lado del río. El gobierno propuso una fusión de los consejos de Hunter's Hill , Lane Cove y Ryde para formar un nuevo consejo con un área de 57 kilómetros cuadrados (22 millas cuadradas ) y que daría servicio a una población de aproximadamente 164 000 habitantes. ^{[ 19 ]} En julio de 2017, el gobierno de Berejiklian decidió abandonar la fusión forzosa de las áreas de gobierno local de Hunter's Hill, Lane Cove y Ryde, junto con otras fusiones forzosas propuestas. ^{[ 20 ]}  

El Ayuntamiento de Lane Cove cuenta con varios lugares catalogados como patrimonio histórico, entre los que se incluyen:

• Greenwich, 95 River Road: Pallister, Greenwich ^{[ 21 ]}
• Lane Cove, 334 Burns Bay Road: Carisbrook, Lane Cove ^{[ 22 ]}
• Lane Cove North, 518 Pacific Highway : Iglesia Unida de Chatswood South ^{[ 23 ]}
• Linley Point, 360 Burns Bay Road: Linley House ^{[ 24 ]}
• Northwood, 1 Carretera privada: Northwood House ^{[ 25 ]}

• Áreas de gobierno local de Nueva Gales del Sur

• Sitio web del Ayuntamiento de Lane Cove