At the, there were people in the Burwood local government area, of these 48.3 per cent were male and 51.7 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4 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 Burwood was 33 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 13.0 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 42.2 per cent were married and 6.0 per cent were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the Municipality of Burwood between the and the was 5.26 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 4.84 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the Municipality increased by 13.53 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in Burwood local government area was significantly higher than the national average. The medianweekly income for residents within the Municipality of Burwood of was generally on par with the national average. At the 2016 census, the proportion of residents in Burwood local government area who stated their ancestry as Chinese was in excess of seven times the state and national averages; and the proportion of households where an Asian language was spoken at home was approximately eight times higher than the national average.
Council
Current composition and election method
Burwood Council is composed of seven Councillors, including the Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is directly elected while the six other Councillors are elected proportionally as one ward. The most recent election was held on 9 September 2017, and the makeup of the Council, including the Mayor, was as follows: The current Council, elected in 2017, in order of election, is:
History
The municipality was incorporated on 27 March 1874. The council chambers in Conder Street were designed by architect Jack Hennessy and built in 1877. Hennessy was later mayor of Burwood. A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW GovernmentIndependent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Municipality of Burwood merge with adjoining councils. The government proposed a merger of the Burwood, Canada Bay, and Strathfield Councils to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately 163,000. In May 2016 Strathfield Council challenged the proposed merger between Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay and commenced proceedings in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court. After the Court heard that there were legal flaws in the report from the State Government appointed delegate who examined the proposal for merging the councils, the NSW Government withdrew from the case and the merger proposal stalled. In July 2017, the Berejiklian government decided to abandon the forced merger of the Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.
Heritage listings
The Municipality of Burwood has a number of heritage-listed sites, including the following sites listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register:
Burwood Council introduce in September 2019 a new bold logo designed to reflect the changes which have made it a vibrant and multicultural destination while retaining its heritage. The new logo design, based on the letter `B’, is divided into six parts for the suburbs of the area: Burwood, Burwood Heights, Croydon, Croydon Park, Enfield and Strathfield. Residents’ priorities are represented by the colour scheme: harmony and friendship, trust and stability, creativity and vibrancy, heritage and heart, the natural environment and energy and optimism. Traditional typeface has been used in keeping with the commitment to heritage. The previous ‘Municipality of Burwood’ logo was designed in 1936.
