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{{Short description|Former local government area in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{About|the former local government area|the body of water|Pittwater}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox Australian place 
| type     = lga 
| name     = Pittwater Council
| state    = nsw
| image    = Australia NSW Pittwater Location Map.svg
| caption  = Location in [[Sydney|Metropolitan Sydney]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|-33.6776|151.3039|display=inline,title|region:AU-NSW_type:adm2nd}}
| pop = 57155
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}}
| pop_footnotes =<ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=LGA16370 |name=Pittwater (A) |accessdate=8 December 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>
| density  = 628.1
| area     = 91
| est      = 1 May 1992
| abolished = 12 May 2016
| seat     = [[Mona Vale, New South Wales|Mona Vale]] Memorial Hall
| mayor    = Jacqui Townsend ([[Independent (politician)|Independent]])
| region   = [[Sydney|Metropolitan Sydney]]
| logo     = pittwater.png
| logo_upright = 1.22
| url      = https://web.archive.org/web/20160507052547/http://www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Pittwater|Pittwater]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Mackellar|Mackellar]]
| near-nw  = 
| near-n   = ''[[Broken Bay]]''
| near-ne  = 
| near-e   = ''[[Tasman Sea]]''
| near-w   = [[Hornsby Shire]]
| near-sw  = 
| near-s   = [[Warringah Council]]
| near-se  = 
}}
'''Pittwater Council''' was a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] on the [[Northern Beaches]] of [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], Australia. It covered a region adjacent to the [[Tasman Sea]] about {{convert|30|km}} north of the [[Sydney central business district]]. The area is named after [[Pittwater]], the body of water adjacent to much of the area governed. First proclaimed in 1906 as the A Riding of [[Warringah Council|Warringah Shire]], the area was proclaimed as the '''Municipality of Pittwater''' on 1 May 1992. On 12 May 2016, the Minister for Local Government announced that Pittwater Council would be subsumed into the newly formed [[Northern Beaches Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.strongercouncils.nsw.gov.au/new-councils/northern-beaches-council/ |title=Northern Beaches Council |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=12 May 2016 }}</ref> The last mayor of Pittwater Council was [[Councillor]] Jacqui Townsend, an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] politician.
[[File:Aerial view of Sydney Northern Beaches.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Sydney Northern Beaches]]
[[File:Pittwater - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Pittwater - panoramio]]
[[File:America Bay, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, NSW, Australia.jpg|thumb|View at dusk looking west from America Bay walking track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Pittwater, NSW, Australia.]]

==Suburbs and localities==
Suburbs and localities serviced by Pittwater Council were:
{{Columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* ''[[Akuna Bay, New South Wales|Akuna Bay]]''
* [[Avalon Beach]]
* ''Avalon North''
* ''[[Barrenjoey, New South Wales|Barrenjoey]]''
* [[Bayview, New South Wales|Bayview]]
* [[Bilgola Beach]]
* [[Bilgola Plateau]]
* ''Bungan Beach''
* ''Bungan Head''
* ''[[Careel Bay]]''
* ''Careel Head''
* [[Church Point, New South Wales|Church Point]]
* [[Clareville, New South Wales|Clareville]]
* ''[[Clareville Beach]]''
* [[Coasters Retreat]]
* [[Currawong Beach]]
* [[Elanora Heights]]
* [[Elvina Bay]]
* ''Foleys Hill''
* [[Great Mackerel Beach]]
* [[Ingleside, New South Wales|Ingleside]]
* ''Ingleside Heights''
* ''Loquat Valley''
* [[Lovett Bay]]
* [[McCarrs Creek]]
* [[Mona Vale, New South Wales|Mona Vale]]
* [[Morning Bay]]
* [[Newport, New South Wales|Newport]]
* [[North Narrabeen]]
* [[Palm Beach, New South Wales|Palm Beach]]
* ''Paradise Beach''
* ''[[Salt Pan Cove]]''
* ''Sand Point''
* [[Scotland Island]]
* ''South Warriewood''
* ''Stokes Point''
* ''[[Taylors Point]]''
* ''[[The Basin, New South Wales|The Basin]]''
* ''[[Towlers Bay]]''
* ''Tumbledown Dick''
* ''Turimetta''
* [[Warriewood]]
* ''Warriewood Beach''
* [[Whale Beach]]
}}

==History==
The Pittwater Shire was named after an estuary of [[Broken Bay]] which the shire surrounds. Broken Bay forms the mouth of the [[Hawkesbury River]], the main river which formed the [[Cumberland Plain]] and [[Sydney basin]]. Pittwater was discovered in 1788, the year the first British colony was established in Australia. However, Pittwater and the surrounding region was inhabited for many millennia by local Aboriginal tribes and much evidence of their habitation remains especially their rock etchings in [[Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park]] which borders Pittwater's western side.  Pittwater was named in about 1800 by the colony's first governor, [[Arthur Phillip]], honouring the then British Prime Minister, [[William Pitt the Younger]].<ref>[[Ernest Scott]], ''A Short History of Australia'' [http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#scott]</ref>

Pittwater in the early 19th century was developed as a new port with loading and unloading facilities erected at what is now the current Newport public wharf. As the port developed so did local industry such as sheep at Mona Vale, orchards at southern Newport and Church Point, salt from Saltpan cove and Scotland Island. During the period from the 1950s to the early 1970s, sand mining operations were undertaken in the upper reaches of McCarr's Creek. After sand mining operations ceased, the tailings ponds were all that remained of the mining operation. Around the 1850s a school was established on the site of what is now Newport Public school. Over later periods, public (primary) schools were established at Mona Vale, Avalon and Bilgola Plateau. In 1963, [[Pittwater High School]] was opened at Mona Vale (located on [[Pittwater Road]]), [[Barrenjoey High School]] (located at the northern end of Avalon beach) was opened in 1968. During the [[Second World War]], unlike Sydney Harbour ([[Port Jackson]]), Pittwater was not protected by a boom net. As a consequence local militia and later Australian Army were stationed at the western side of the entrance to Pittwater and were dispersed along the western shore in a network of trenches, pillboxes and gun emplacements.

Pittwater was first incorporated in 1906 when it was included as the "A Riding" of [[Warringah Council|Warringah Shire Council]]. However for many years there existed a sentiment held by some in A Riding, the northern Riding and the largest in Warringah, taking up more than 40% of Warringah's land area, that they were being increasingly ignored and subject to what they considered inappropriate development and policies for their area.<ref name="pittwater.nsw.gov.au">{{cite web |url=http://www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/pittwater_secession |title=Pittwater Library – Pittwater Secession |publisher=Pittwater Council |access-date=2008-07-19}}</ref> This culminated in 1991 when a non-compulsory postal poll of the residents of A Riding was taken over the question of a possible secession. This resulted in a 73.5% vote in favour of secession, however only 48.18% of residents took part in this vote. This vote was, however, 600 short of the total majority required.

The Minister for Local Government at the time, [[Gerry Peacocke]], nevertheless announced the secession of A Riding from Warringah Council, considering that those who did not vote did not have any particular inclination to how they were governed, and thus Pittwater Council was created.<ref name="pittwater.nsw.gov.au"/> On 1 May 1992, The governor of New South Wales, [[Peter Ross Sinclair|Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair]], proclaimed the establishment of the Municipality of Pittwater, the area of which roughly followed the area formerly known as 'A' Riding of the Warringah Shire.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231903037 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1919 – PROCLAMATION |newspaper=[[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales]] |issue=36 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 March 1992 |access-date=26 November 2017 |page=1677 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Also on that day, the offices of Robert Dunn, Eric Green and Ronald Starr, former Warringah 'A' Riding Councillors, were terminated with those persons forming, with others, a nine-member Provisional Council of the Municipality of Pittwater.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidents, Mayors, Councillors, Shire Clerks and General Managers of Warringah Council |publisher=Warringah Council |url=http://www.warringah.nsw.gov.au/council_now/documents/PresidentsMayors2006.pdf |access-date=22 May 2009}}</ref> Despite the Municipality status requiring the new council members to be titled "[[Alderman]]", Pittwater obtain the permission of Minister Peacocke to continue the use of "Councillor" to refer to the members.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCann |first1=Ray |last2=Brown |first2=Elizabeth |title=New Pittwater Council faces fight over creek |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald (The Northern Herald) |date=21 November 1991 |page=1}}</ref>

When the ''Local Government Act 1993'' came into effect from 1 July 1993, the title of the council changed from the ''Municipality of Pittwater'' to simply ''Pittwater Council''.

===Amalgamation===
A [[Local government areas of New South Wales#Reviews of local government areas|2015 review of local government boundaries]] by the [[Government of New South Wales|NSW Government]] [[Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales|Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal]] recommended that the Pittwater Council merge with adjoining councils. The government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger of Pittwater Council and parts of [[Warringah Council]] to form a new council with an area of {{convert|214|km2}} and support a population of approximately 141,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/a36e8e217129e5d9a892e639369101e9/Pittwater-Warringah.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Pittwater Council, Warringah Council (part) |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=January 2016 |access-date=22 February 2016 |page=8 }}</ref> The alternative, proposed by Warringah Council on 23 February 2016, was for an amalgamation of the Pittwater, [[Manly Council|Manly]] and Warringah councils.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/22b4e7a9b150e0d553f54a64a4613f1c/IGA-25-2-2016-14-57-44-390.pdf |title=Manly, Pittwater and Warringah councils Proposal |author=Warringah Council |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=23 February 2016 |access-date=27 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309125816/https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/22b4e7a9b150e0d553f54a64a4613f1c/IGA-25-2-2016-14-57-44-390.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/northern-beaches-mega-council-back-on-the-table-after-merger-loophole-discovered-20160225-gn47r4.html |title=Northern Beaches mega council back on the table after merger 'loophole' discovered |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=27 February 2016 |author1=Kembrey, Melanie |author2=Robertson, James |access-date=28 February 2016 }}</ref>

On 12 May 2016, the council was amalgamated with Manly and Warringah Councils to form the [[Northern Beaches Council]].

== Council ==
===Mayors/Deputy Mayors===
{| class="wikitable"
! Order !! Mayor !! Term begin !! Term end !!  Deputy Mayors !! Year
|-
| align=center|1 || Eric Green<ref>Elected mayor of provisional council, 14 November 1991.</ref> || align=center| 1 May 1992 || align=center| {{nowrap|3 November 1992}} || Allan Porter || 1992
|-
| align=center rowspan=2|2 ||rowspan=2| Robert Dunn || align=center rowspan=2| {{nowrap|3 November 1992}} || align=center rowspan=2| 27 September 1993 || Allan Porter || 1992–1993
|-
| Ron Starr || 1993–1994
|-
| align=center rowspan=3|3 ||rowspan=3| Ron Starr || align=center rowspan=3| 21 September 1994 || align=center rowspan=3| September 1997 || John Winter || 1994–1995
|-
| Bob Grace || 1995–1996
|-
| Shirley Phelps<ref>{{cite web |title=QB 2013: MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION – Mrs Shirley Amy PHELPS |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2013/Media%20Notes%20-%20OAM%20(M-R)%20(final).pdf |publisher=Governor-General of Australia |access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref> || 1996–1997
|-
| align=center rowspan=4|4 ||rowspan=4| Patricia Giles || align=center rowspan=4| September 1997 || align=center rowspan=4| September 2004 || Bob Dunbar || 1997–1998
|-
| Julie Hegarty || 1998–1999
|-
| Lynne Czinner || 1999–2002
|-
| David James || 2002–2004
|-
| align=center|5 || Lynne Czinner ||align=center | September 2004 ||align=center| 12 September 2005 || David James || 2004–2005
|-
| align=center|6 || [[Alex McTaggart]]<ref name=nsw>Served concurrently as the Member for [[Electoral district of Pittwater|Pittwater]] {{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr (Alex) Alexander John McTaggert (1949- ) |id=2055 |former=Yes |access-date=16 June 2019 }}</ref> || align=center| 12 September 2005 || align=center| September 2007  || rowspan=2| Patricia Giles || rowspan=2| 2005–2009
|-
| align=center|7 || David James<ref>Warringah Councillor, 1980–1983.</ref> || align=center | September 2007  || align=center | September 2009
|-
| align=center rowspan=2|8 || rowspan=2| Harvey Rose || align=center rowspan=2| September 2009|| align=center rowspan=2| September 2012 || Jacqueline Townsend || 2009–2011 
|-
| Ian White || 2011–2012
|-
| align=center rowspan=2|9 ||rowspan=2| Jacqueline Townsend  ||align=center rowspan=2| September 2012 ||align=center rowspan=2| 12 May 2016 || Bob Grace<ref>Warringah Councillor, 1983–1985.</ref> || 2012–2013
|-
| Kylie Ferguson || 2013–2016
|}

===Final composition and election method===
Pittwater Council was composed of nine [[councillor]]s elected [[Single transferable vote|proportionally]] as three separate [[Ward (country subdivision)|wards]], each electing three councillors. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor and deputy mayor were elected annually by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the council was as follows when it was dissolved:<ref name="EC-C"/><ref name="EC-N"/><ref name="EC-S"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Party!!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"|Central Ward<ref name="EC-C">{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/pittwater-council/central-ward |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121129025157/http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/pittwater-council/central-ward |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 November 2012 |title=Pittwater Council – Central Ward |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=14 September 2012 |access-date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Sue Young
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| Elected 2012–2016.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Ian White
| Independent
| Elected 2008–2016. Elected to Northern Beaches Pittwater Ward, 2017.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Kylie Ferguson
| Independent
| Elected 2012–2016. Deputy Mayor 2013–2016. Elected to Northern Beaches Pittwater Ward, 2017.
|-
| rowspan="3"|North Ward<ref name="EC-N">{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/pittwater-council/north-ward |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127161507/http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/pittwater-council/north-ward |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2012 |title=Pittwater Council – North Ward |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=14 September 2012 |access-date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Bob Grace
| Independent
| Elected 1995–2016. Deputy Mayor 1995–1996, 2012–2013. Warringah A Riding Councillor, 1983–1985.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Alex McTaggart]]
| Independent
| Elected 1999–2008, 2012–2016. Mayor 2005–2007.<ref name=nsw/> Elected to Northern Beaches Pittwater Ward, 2017.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}|&nbsp;
| Selena Griffith
| [[Greens New South Wales|Greens]]
| Elected 2012–2016.
|-
| rowspan="3"|South Ward<ref name="EC-S">{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/pittwater-council/south-ward |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127090715/http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/pittwater-council/south-ward |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2012 |title=Pittwater Council – South Ward |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=14 September 2012 |access-date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Jacqueline Townsend
| Independent
| Elected 2008–2016. Mayor 2012–2016<ref name=mayor>{{cite news |url=http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/pittwater-mayor-jacqui-townsend-on-a-mission/ |title=Pittwater Mayor Jacqui Townsend on a mission |author=Priestley, Andrew |date=25 September 2012 |work=The Manly Daily |access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Julie Hegarty
| Independent
| Elected 1995–2016. Deputy Mayor 1998–1999
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Kay Millar
| Independent
| Elected 2012–2016.
|}

===General managers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Term
!Notes
|-
| Brian Hrnjak
| 1 May 1992 – 1997
| <ref>{{cite news|last1=Wicks|first1=Kathryn|title=Pittwater staff still in limbo|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 May 1992|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231933324 |title=PITTWATER COUNCIL |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=86 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 August 1993 |access-date=26 November 2017 |page=4492 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| Angus Gordon
| 1997 – September 2005
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231972983 |title=PITTWATER COUNCIL |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=28 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 March 1997 |access-date=26 November 2017 |page=1625 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| Mark Ferguson
| September 2005 – 12 May 2016
| General Manager of Northern Beaches Council, 2017.
|}

==Demographics==
At the [[Census in Australia#2011|2011 Census]], there were {{formatnum:57155}} people in the Pittwater local government area, of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. [[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people]] made up 0.4% of the population. The [[median#Medians for populations|median]] age of people in the Pittwater Council area was 42 years; notably above the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.<ref name="Census2011"/>

Population growth in the Pittwater Council area between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 3.40% and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 5.54%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Pittwater local government area was lower than the national average.<ref name="Census2001"/> The median [[household income|weekly income]] for residents within the Pittwater Council area was higher than the national average.<ref name="Census2011"/>

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Pittwater local government area who stated their [[ancestor|ancestry]] as Australian or [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] exceeded 75% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 57% of all residents in the Pittwater Council area nominated a [[Religion in Australia|religious]] affiliation with [[Christianity in Australia|Christianity]] at the 2011 Census, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2%. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Pittwater local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (10.8%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (88.7%) where [[Australian English|English]] only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).<ref name="Census2011"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=6|Selected historical census data for Pittwater local government area
|-
!colspan=3|Census year !!2001<ref name="Census2001">{{Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA16370 |name=Pittwater (A) |accessdate=8 December 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2006<ref name="Census2006">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA16370 |name=Pittwater (A) |accessdate=8 December 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2011<ref name="Census2011"/>
|-
|rowspan=4 colspan="2"|Population ||Estimated residents on Census night ||align="right"|{{formatnum:52376}} ||align="right"|{{formatnum:54157}} ||align="right"|{{formatnum:57155}}
|-
|align="right"|LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales ||align="right"| ||align="right"|<small></small> ||align="right"|
|-
|align="right"|% of New South Wales population ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|0.83%
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian population ||align="right"|0.28% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;0.27% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.27%
|-
!colspan=3|Cultural and language diversity !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|[[Ancestor|Ancestry]],<br />top responses ||Australian||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|26.7%
|-
|English||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|32.0%
|-
|Irish||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|8.7%
|-
|[[Scottish people|Scottish]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|7.8%
|-
|German||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|3.0%
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|Language,<br />top responses<br />(other than [[Australian English|English]]) ||German||align="right"|0.8% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;0.9% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;1.0%
|-
|Italian ||align="right"|0.8% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;0.7% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.7%
|-
|[[Serbian language|Serbian]]||align="right"|0.6% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.6% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;0.5%
|-
|Spanish||align="right"|n/c ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;0.8% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;0.5%
|-
|[[Croatian language|Croatian]]||align="right"|0.5% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.5% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.5%
|-
!colspan=3|Religious affiliation !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|[[Religion in Australia|Religious]] affiliation,<br />top responses ||[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Catholic]]||align="right"|22.4% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;23.2% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;23.9%
|-
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]||align="right"|29.5% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;27.3% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;26.1%
|-
|[[Irreligion|No religion]]||align="right"|17.5% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;20.8% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;25.3%
|-
|[[Uniting Church of Australia|Uniting Church]]||align="right"|5.1% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;4.7% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;4.2%
|-
|[[List of Presbyterian denominations in Australia|Presbyterian and Reformed]]||align="right"|3.6% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;3.1% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;2.8%
|-
!colspan=3|Median weekly incomes !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Personal income ||Median weekly personal income||align="right"| ||align="right"|A$653 ||align="right"|A$754
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="right"| ||align="right"|140.1% ||align="right"|130.7%
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Family income  ||Median weekly family income||align="right"| ||align="right"|A$1,486 ||align="right"|A$2,137
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="right"| ||align="right"|144.7% ||align="right"|144.3%
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Household income ||Median weekly household income||align="right"| ||align="right"|A$1,767 ||align="right"|A$1,819
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="right"| ||align="right"|150.9% ||align="right"|147.4%
|-
|}

==Council seal==
The seal of Pittwater Council was the result of a design competition held by the council that was won by retired Newport commercial artist Hugh Seelenmeyer. It was first used in the [[Manly Daily]] on 29 June 1991 and featured a [[Australian mangroves|mangrove]] tree surrounded by water, representing the close relationship of the area with water and bushland.<ref name=seal>{{cite news|last1=Morcombe|first1=John|title=Aboriginal men, flannel flower and mangrove tree features of earlier versions of council motifs|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/manly-daily/aboriginal-men-flannel-flower-and-mangrove-tree-features-of-earlier-versions-of-council-motifs/news-story/65692b785d263a9842c5ad2e55ead25f|access-date=26 November 2017|agency=Manly Daily|date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

==Sister cities==
Pittwater Council's suburb Mona Vale is sister city to the United States village of [[Wilmette]], [[Illinois]] and they participate in an annual student exchange program between their high schools. Pittwater and Wilmette are both home to a [[Bahá'í House of Worship#Sydney (Ingleside), Australia|Bahá'í House of Worship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sister Cities|url=http://www.wilmette.com/about/sistercities.aspx|website=Village of Wilmette|access-date=18 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127041701/http://www.wilmette.com/about/sistercities.aspx|archive-date=27 November 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160507052547/http://www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au/ Pittwater Council ('''Archived''')]

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