Adelaide Hills Council South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°57′S 138°53′E / 34.950°S 138.883°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 40,879 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1997[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 795.08 km2 (307.0 sq mi)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Jan-Claire Wisdom [2] | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Stirling | ||||||||||||||
Region | Adelaide Hills[3] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Heysen, Morialta, Kavel, Schubert | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | |||||||||||||||
Website | Adelaide Hills Council | ||||||||||||||
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Adelaide Hills Council is a local government area in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is in the hills east of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It extends from the South Para Reservoir in the north, to the Mount Bold Reservoir in the south.
History
The council was established in 1997 by the amalgamation of the District Council of East Torrens, the District Council of Gumeracha, the District Council of Onkaparinga and the District Council of Stirling.[4]
Council
Council consists of 13 Elected Members comprising a Mayor, and 12 Ward Councillors. Valleys Ward is represented by five Council Members and the Ranges Ward is represented by seven.[5]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is appointed by the Council. The current CEO is Mr. Greg Georgopoulos who was appointed in July 2023.
The current council as of November 2022 is:[6]
Ward | Party Affiliation | Councillor | First Elected | Notes | ||||||
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Mayor | Independent | Jan-Claire Wisdom | 2010 | Chief Executive Officer | Independent | Greg Georgopoulos | 2023 | |||
Ranges Ward | Independent | Kirrilee Boyd | 2014 | |||||||
Labor | Adrian Cheater | 2022 | ||||||||
Independent | Nathan Daniell | 2014 | ||||||||
Labor | Leigh Mudge | 2018 | ||||||||
Independent | Mark Osterstock | 2018 | ||||||||
Independent | Kirsty Parkin | 2018 | ||||||||
Independent | Louise Pascale | 2022 | ||||||||
Valley Ward | Independent | Pauline Gill | 2018 | |||||||
Independent | Chris Grant | 2018 | ||||||||
Independent | Malcolm Herrmann | 2010 | ||||||||
Liberal | Lucy Huxter | 2022 | ||||||||
Greens | Melanie Selwood | 2022 | Deputy Mayor |
Mayors
Since the establishment of the Council in 1997 there have been four Mayors.[7]
- 1997-2000: Anita Aspinall
- 2000-2010: Bill Cooksley
- 2010-2018: Bill Spragg
- 2018-current: Jan-Claire Wisdom
Suburbs
The Adelaide Hills Council contains the following suburbs and localities:[8]
- Aldgate
- Ashton
- Balhannah
- Basket Range
- Birdwood (part)
- Bradbury (part)
- Bridgewater (part)
- Carey Gully
- Castambul
- Chain Of Ponds
- Charleston
- Cherryville
- Cleland (part)
- Crafers West (part)
- Crafers
- Cromer (part)
- Cudlee Creek
- Dorset Vale (part)
- Forest Range
- Forreston
- Greenhill
- Gumeracha
- Hay Valley (part)
- Heathfield
- Horsnell Gully
- Houghton (part)
- Hahndorf (part)
- Humbug Scrub (part)
- Inglewood
- Ironbank (part)
- Kenton Valley
- Kersbrook
- Lenswood
- Lobethal
- Longwood
- Lower Hermitage
- Marble Hill
- Millbrook
- Montacute
- Mount Crawford (part)
- Mount George
- Mount Torrens (part)
- Mylor
- Norton Summit
- Oakbank
- Paracombe (part)
- Piccadilly
- Rostrevor (part)
- Scott Creek
- Stirling
- Summertown
- Teringie
- Upper Hermitage (part)
- Upper Sturt (part)
- Uraidla
- Verdun (part)
- Woodforde
- Woodside
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Adelaide Hills (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Council Members". Adelaide Hills Council. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Adelaide Hills SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Freedom of Information". Adelaide Hills Council. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Council Members". Adelaide Hills Council. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 Council Elections". ECSA. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Elected Members Years of Service since Amalgamation" (PDF). Adelaide Hills Council. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Search results for 'Cudlee Creek, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Local Government Areas'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
Cudlee Creek selected as the centre of the Adelaide Hills LGA and the view has been set to show the full extent of the LGA
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