2017/2018 Annual Report

Local Government
Profile of the Council Area
Community interests have been managed locally since 2
March 1868 when the District Council of Campbelltown
was proclaimed. The City is named after Charles James
Fox Campbell, a prominent early pastoralist whose original
home Lochend, has been faithfully restored and listed on
the Register of the National Estate. The District became
a Town with a Municipal Office on 1 January 1946 and
was proclaimed a City on 6 May 1960 having reached a
population of more than 15,000.
Today, the City’s population is estimated to be 51,322 1
(at 30 June 2017). The population is increasing slowly,
having increased from 50,431 in 2012 (approximately 1%
per annum). Demographically, the City is characterised by a
strong multicultural mix where:
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28% of people in the City of Campbelltown came from
countries where English was not their first language
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7% of residents were born in Italy and collectively
residents from Italy, United Kingdom, China, India and
Malaysia make up 20% of Council residents born overseas
in the local Community
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17,112 (34%) people living in the City of Campbelltown
were born overseas
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21% of the residents that were born overseas arrived in
Australia within the last 5 years
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34.6% of residents speak a language other than English
at home with the most common languages spoken being
Italian, Mandarin and Greek.
The City of Campbelltown’s population profile is similar to
the greater Adelaide area (Adelaide Statistical Division),
with the highest percentile being the 45-49 age group.
Campbelltown has a higher percentage of people aged
45-55 as well as older persons (>70 years) than the greater
Adelaide area.
Campbelltown City Council
10 Annual Report 2017 / 2018