City of Adelaide

This article is about the local government area. For the greater metropolitan area, see Adelaide. For the city centre, see Adelaide city centre.
City of Adelaide
South Australia
Population 22,393 (2015)[1]
 • Density 1,438.2/km2 (3,725.0/sq mi)
Established 1840
Area 15.57 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
Mayor Martin Haese
Council seat Adelaide city centre
Region Metropolitan Adelaide
State electorate(s) Electoral district of Adelaide
Federal Division(s) Division of Adelaide
Website City of Adelaide
LGAs around City of Adelaide:
Charles Sturt Prospect Walkerville
West Torrens City of Adelaide Norwood Payneham St Peters
West Torrens Unley Burnside

The City of Adelaide is a local government area in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia. It covers the original Adelaide city centre settlement, (also known as the city, the square mile and (inaccurately) the CBD), North Adelaide, and the Adelaide Park Lands which surround North Adelaide and the city centre.

Established in 1840, the organisation now known as the Adelaide City Council (ACC) is the oldest municipal authority in Australia. At its time of establishment, Adelaide's (and Australia's) first mayor, James Hurtle Fisher, was elected. From 1919 onwards, the municipality has had a Lord Mayor, the current being Martin Haese who replaced Stephen Yarwood in 2014.

History

Main article: History of Adelaide

Initially the new colony was managed by the colonial government. The first municipality was established in 1840 as the Adelaide Corporation. However, due to a combination of the hostility of the incoming Governor Grey and falling revenues due to the onset of the colony's first economic crisis, the corporation became moribud in 1843. From 1843 to 1849, control and management reverted to the colonial government, and from 1849 to 1852 the municipality was managed by a Commission with five members. With the positive economic effects of the Victorian gold-rush, a formal municipality was re-established in 1852, and "has operated continuously ever since".[2][3][4][5][6] However, The city's relationship with the state and federal government has been described as being 'a continually abrasive relationship'.[7]

The Council started in 1840 with nineteen members, who chose four of their number to be Aldermen, and then one of these (James Hurtle Fisher) to be Mayor. In 1852 the municipality was divided into four wards. Three Councillors and one Alderman were chosen, who in turn selected the Mayor. In 1861 the Mayor was chosen by all the electors and the position of Alderman was temporarily abolished. In 1873 the municipality was divided into six Wards, each represented by two Councillors. In 1880 the office of Alderman was recreated; they were chosen by electors of all Wards. The office of Mayor was raised to the stature of Lord Mayor by Royal Letters Patent in 1919. The Lord Mayor received the right to be styled ‘The Right Honourable’ in 1927.[4][6]

The Arms of the City of Adelaide were granted by the Heralds College in 1929.[3] In 1982 the Council approved the design of the Armorial Flag.[3]

In 2015, the Council became the first government of any kind in Australia to offer a financial incentive for installing battery systems.[8]

Population

At the end of the 20th century, the city had little more than thirty per cent of the population it had in 1915 (when the population reached more than 43,000), and about 5,000 less than the 1855 population of 18,259.[6] According to the Annual Reports since then,[9] the population has increased rapidly, and in line with the targets stated in the strategic plans developed at about that time.

Coat of arms
Notes
Year 2010-112009-102008-092007-082006-072005-062004-052003-042002-032001-022000-01 2006 goal2010 goal2012 goal
Permanent
residents 		21,800 21,200 19,800 19,700 18,400 15,000 14,361 13,734 13,289 16,000
25,000		25,000
34,000		25,500
Dwellings 13,100 12,500 11,388 10,600 9,900 9,900 9,600 7,335 7,335 5,510
Overnight
population		 29,800 29,200 27,400 27,100 23,800 22,000 21,090 19,610 17,861 17,861 19,900 34,500
Overnight
visitors 		8,000 8,000 7,600 7,400 5,400 7,000 6,729 5,866
Daily
visitors(*) 		86,500 79,000 74,000 60,000 75,000 75,000 75,000103,500103,500 125,000 150,000
Workers 126,500126,500118,500108,000108,000 99,000 95,682 93,000 93,000 89,000 98,000 111,000 125,000
Students 90,000 88,000 86,700 81,100 75,000 63,000 59,240 51,900 50,597 50,000 58,000 66,000
Daily
population 		220,000205,000208,200190,000200,000200,000216,000215,000
Office
space(**) 		1.503 1.443 1.200 1.184 1.038 1.100 1.109

 * Visitors to the city from the Adelaide Metropolitan area, for all purposes
 ** Square kilometers (millions of square metres) of office space. i.e. 1.503 km2. = 1,503,000 sq. metres. The total area of the City of Adelaide is 15.6 km2., of which 7.6 km2. is Park Lands.
Sources: 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98

Services and amenities

Apart from providing the usual services like rubbish collection and controlling local development, the City of Adelaide owns and operates a number of city services and amenities, including:

Sister cities

The City of Adelaide currently has international partnership arrangements with: [13]

Flag

Main article: Flag of Adelaide

The armorial flag of Adelaide, was approved on August 2, 1982.[14]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. ↑ home page, City of Adelaide website
  3. 1 2 3 History, City of Adelaide
  4. 1 2 Lord Mayors & Mayors, City of Adelaide
  5. ↑ Books mentioned on the City of Adelaide history webpages: Those Turbulent Years. A History of the City of Adelaide 1929–1979, Pubs, pews and powerbrokers, The City of Adelaide - A Thematic History
  6. 1 2 3 A Thematic History, pp81-82.
  7. ↑ Morton, After Light p. 10
    The city's relationship with the state and federal government has been described as being 'a continually abrasive relationship'. Until 1877 the relationship with the colonial government was described as 'a grudging tolerance, breaking out occasionally into active resentment whenever the council felt its rights were being infringed'. Moreover, matters such as alienation of the Park Lands by the state government, and threats to do so by the federal government, together with the fact that the federal and state government were exempt from rates for the many city buildings they owned, did nothing to enhance the relationship between them and the city corporation.
  8. ↑ Sophie Vorrath (23 June 2015). "Adelaide City Council offers energy storage incentive, Australia's first". Renew Economy. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 Annual Reports, Adelaide City Council.
    The page contains links to all Annual Reports since 1997-1998.
  10. ↑ A Thematic History, pp149-150.
  11. ↑ "All-Electric, Solar-Powered, Free Bus!!!". Ecogeek.org. 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  12. ↑ "New free City connector bus service". Adelaide City Council. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  13. ↑ Sister Cities - Adelaide City Council Retrieved 10 October 2013
  14. ↑ History of Council - The Armorial Flag, City of Adelaide website
  15. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915: William Bragg, Lawrence Bragg". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  16. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945: Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst B. Chain, Sir Howard Florey". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  17. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005: Barry J. Marshall, J. Robin Warren". Retrieved 2011-09-12.

Coordinates: 34°56′S 138°36′E / 34.933°S 138.600°E / -34.933; 138.600

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