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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                = lga
| name                = City of Canterbury-Bankstown
| state               = nsw
| image               = Canterbury-Bankstown lga sydney.png
| caption             = Location in [[Sydney|Metropolitan Sydney]] 
| local_map           = yes
| zoom                = 29
| image2              = 
| caption2            = 
| pop                 = {{formatnum:371006}}
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="Census2021">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA11570 |name=Canterbury-Bankstown (A) |accessdate=5 April 2024 |quick=on}}</ref>
| poprank             = 2nd in NSW; 5th in Australia
| pop2                = 379,829
| pop2_year           = 2023 est.
| pop2_footnotes      = <ref name=ABS3218.0>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|access-date=27 March 2019}} Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.</ref>
| est                 = 12 May 2016
| area                = 110.8
| density             = 
| mayor               = Bilal El-Hayek 
| mayortitle          = 
| seat                = [[Bankstown]]
| region              = {{bulleted list||[[Canterbury-Bankstown]]|[[Inner West]]}}
| stategov            = {{bulleted list|[[Electoral district of Bankstown|Bankstown]]|[[Electoral district of Canterbury|Canterbury]]|
|[[Electoral district of East Hills|East Hills]]
|[[Electoral district of Strathfield|Strathfield]]
|[[Electoral district of Summer Hill|Summer Hill]]}}
| fedgov              = [[Division of Banks|Banks]]
| fedgov2             = [[Division of Barton|Barton]]
| fedgov3             = [[Division of Blaxland|Blaxland]]
| fedgov4             = [[Division of Watson|Watson]]
| logo                = Logo of City of Canterbury-Bankstown.svg
| logo_upright        = 1.2
| url                 = http://cbcity.nsw.gov.au/
| near-n              = [[Municipality of Strathfield|Strathfield]] 
| near-ne             = [[Inner West Council|Inner West]]
| near-e              = [[Inner West Council|Inner West]]
| near-se             = [[Bayside Council|Bayside]]
| near-s              = [[Georges River Council|Georges River]]
| near-nw             = [[Cumberland City Council|Cumberland]]
| near-sw             = [[City of Liverpool (New South Wales (New South Wales)|Liverpool]] 
| near-w              = [[City of Liverpool (New South Wales)|Liverpool]] 
}}

'''Canterbury-Bankstown Council''', trading as the '''City of Canterbury Bankstown''', is a [[Local government areas of New South Wales|local government area]] in the [[Canterbury-Bankstown]] region{{efn|group=parts|name=k|with a minor portion in the [[Inner West]] region}} of [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 from a [[Merger (politics)|merger]] of the [[City of Canterbury (New South Wales)|City of Canterbury]] and the [[City of Bankstown]],<ref name=sc>{{cite web |url=https://www.strongercouncils.nsw.gov.au/new-councils/canterbury-bankstown-council/ |title=Canterbury-Bankstown Council|work=Stronger Councils |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=14 May 2016 }}</ref> after a review of local government areas by the [[Government of New South Wales|NSW Government]].

The City of Canterbury Bankstown comprises an area of {{convert|110.8|km2}} and as per the {{CensusAU|2021}}, had a population of {{formatnum:371006}} making it the second most populous [[Local government areas of New South Wales|local government area in New South Wales]].

The current mayor is Bilal El-Hayek, a member of the [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]], who was elected on 11 May 2023.

== History ==
===Early history===
[[File:SLNSW 796187 Town Hall Canterbury.jpg|left|thumb|[[Canterbury Town Hall]] was opened in 1889. It was demolished in 1963.]]
The traditional Aboriginal inhabitants of the land now known as the Canterbury-Bankstown were the [[Dharug language|Dharug]] (Darag, Daruk, Dharuk) and [[Eora]] peoples. Early indigenous groups relied upon the riparian network of the [[Georges River]] and [[Cooks River]] catchments towards [[Botany Bay]], with extant reminders of this lifestyle dating back 3,000 years including rock and overhang paintings, stone scrapers, middens and axe grinding grooves.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aboriginal history and places of significance |url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/community/cultural-services/aboriginal-torres-strait-islanders/aboriginal-history-places-of-significance |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Muir |first1=Lesley |title=Aboriginal people of the Cooks River valley |url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/aboriginal_people_of_the_cooks_river_valley |website=The Dictionary of Sydney |access-date=10 October 2021 |date=2013}}</ref>

Following the arrival of Europeans in 1788, the new British settlers in the area burned oyster shells from the middens along Cooks River to produce lime for use in building mortar. The first incursions and eventual land grants in the area by Europeans led to increasing tensions, culminating in a confrontation between Europeans and a group of Aboriginal people led by Tedbury, the son of [[Pemulwuy]], in what is now Punchbowl in 1809. However, following Tedbury's death in 1810, resistance to European settlement generally ended.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Irish |first1=Paul |title=Aboriginal History along the Cooks River |url=https://cooksriver.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Cooks_River_Aboriginal_history_WEB.pdf |publisher=Cooks River Alliance |access-date=10 October 2021 |date=2017}}</ref>

In 1793, the eastern Canterbury area's first land grant was made to the chaplain of the [[First Fleet]], the Reverend [[Richard Johnson (chaplain)|Richard Johnson]], and given the name Canterbury Vale. The District of Bankstown was named by [[John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)|Governor Hunter]] in 1797 in honour of botanist Sir [[Joseph Banks]]. The area remained very rural until residential and suburban development followed the development of the Bankstown Railway Line with the passing of the ''Marrickville to Burwood Road Railway Act'' by the NSW Parliament in 1890, extending the rail line from [[Sydenham railway station, Sydney|Marrickville Station]] (later Sydenham Station) to [[Belmore railway station|Burwood Road]] (later Belmore Station) by 1895.<ref name="Larcombe">{{cite book |last1=Larcombe |first1=Frederick A. |title=Change and Challenge: A History of the Municipality of Canterbury |date=1979 |publisher=Canterbury Municipal Council |location=Canterbury |pages=194–198}}</ref> With the passing of the ''Belmore to Chapel Road Railway Act'' in 1906, the line was extended further to [[Lakemba railway station|Lakemba]], [[Punchbowl railway station|Punchbowl]] and [[Bankstown railway station|Bankstown]] by 1909.<ref name="Larcombe"/>

===Local government history===
====Canterbury====
[[Image:Campsie6.JPG|left|thumb|Canterbury Administration Building, located in Campsie, was the seat of the [[City of Canterbury (New South Wales)|City of Canterbury]] from 1963 to 2016. It is now secondary offices for the City of Canterbury Bankstown.]]
After much petitioning of the [[Government of New South Wales|NSW Government]] by local residents, the [[City of Canterbury (New South Wales)|Municipality of Canterbury]] was proclaimed on 17 March 1879. The council first met in the home of the first mayor, Alderman John Sproule, and premises were then leased in the St Paul's Church schoolroom at 47-49 Canterbury Road, Canterbury. The Canterbury Town Hall, located on Canterbury Road between Canton and Howard Streets, was opened in 1889 by the Premier of New South Wales, [[Henry Parkes|Sir Henry Parkes]]. However, over time, Campsie became a more important centre, particularly along Beamish Street and Canterbury Council planned a gradual move of civic services there when funds became available.<ref name="library">{{cite news |title=Library Added to Canterbury Civic Centre |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 September 1958 |page=20}}</ref> In 1954 a Baby Health Centre by Davey & Brindley opened on Beamish Street, followed by a library next door by Davey, Brindley & Vickery in 1958 at a cost of £30,000, and the municipal administration finally moved in 1963.<ref name="library"/> At the time of its opening by the mayor R. J. Schofield on 26 September 1958, the Campsie Library was reputed to be the largest municipal library in Sydney.<ref name="library"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Library Opened |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 September 1958 |page=18}}</ref> The Canterbury Municipal Administration Building designed by architects Whitehead & Payne, built by Rex Building Company Pty Ltd, and completed at a cost of £163,000 was opened adjacent to the Library and Baby Health Centre by the mayor, James S. Scott, on 21 September 1963.<ref name=SMH>{{cite news |title=Civic Centre's Progress |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 February 1963 |page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=101511 - Council Administration Building & Chambers, official opening, Campsie, 1963 |url=https://pictorialcanterbury.imagegallery.me/ |website=Pictorial Canterbury |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=30 September 2020 |date=21 September 1963}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=100913 - Canterbury City Council building, during construction, Campsie, 1962 |url=https://pictorialcanterbury.imagegallery.me/ |website=Pictorial Canterbury |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=30 September 2020 |date=1962}}</ref> The City of Canterbury was proclaimed on 16 November 1993 by the [[Governor of New South Wales]], Rear Admiral [[Peter Sinclair (governor)|Peter Sinclair]].

====Bankstown====
[[Image:Council Chambers, Bankstown.jpg|thumb|right|Bankstown Council Chambers, adjacent to Paul Keating Park in Bankstown, was the seat of the [[City of Bankstown]] from 1963 to 2016. It is now the seat of the City of Canterbury Bankstown, and was the location of the first council meeting on 24 May 2016.]]
In March 1895 a petition was submitted to the NSW Colonial Government by 109 residents of the Bankstown area, requesting the establishment of the "Municipal District of Bankstown" under the ''Municipalities Act, 1867''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224324940 |title=BANKSTOWN.—PETITION FOR A MUNICIPALITY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=203 |date=23 March 1895 |access-date=19 November 2016 |page=2021 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The petition was subsequently accepted and the "Municipal District of Bankstown" was proclaimed by Lieutenant Governor [[Frederick Matthew Darley|Sir Frederick Darley]] on 7 September 1895.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224299810 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=603 |date=9 September 1895 |access-date=19 November 2016 |page=5823 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The first six-member council, standing in one at-large constituency, was elected on 4 November 1895.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222319500 |title=MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF BANKSTOWN. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=742 |date=8 November 1895 |access-date=19 November 2016 |page=7231 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> With the passing of the ''Local Government Act 1906'', the council area became known as the "Municipality of Bankstown".

Bankstown's city status was proclaimed in 1980 in the presence of [[Queen Elizabeth II]], becoming the "City of Bankstown".<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |url=http://www.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/coun/about/developmentOverTime.cfm |publisher=Bankstown City Council |title=Development Over Time |access-date=20 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070829214439/http://www.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/coun/about/developmentOverTime.cfm |archive-date=29 August 2007}}</ref>

===Establishment of Canterbury-Bankstown Council===
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 City of Canterbury merge with the City of Bankstown to form a new council with an area of {{convert|110|km2}} and support a population of approximately 351,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/ddf41389333a36c0180a6293b76e07e8/Bankstown-Canterbury.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Bankstown City Council, Canterbury City Council |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=January 2016 |access-date=28 February 2016 |page=7 }}</ref> Following an independent review, on 12 May 2016 the [[Minister for Local Government (New South Wales)|Minister for Local Government]] announced, with the release of the ''Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016'', that the merger with the City of Bankstown would proceed with immediate effect, creating a new council with an area of {{convert|72|km2}}.<ref name=sc/>

The council was initially under the management of Administrator Richard Colley until elections were held.<ref name=LGP/> The first meeting of the council was held at Bankstown Council Chambers on 24 May 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=James|title=First Canterbury Bankstown merged council meeting with administrator Richard Colley over in a flash|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/south-west/first-canterbury-bankstown-merged-council-meeting-with-administrator-richard-colley-over-in-a-flash/news-story/9ea8ebf72902fe44c85d3e17a85d9823|access-date=8 October 2016|agency=Canterbury-Bankstown Express|date=29 May 2016}}</ref> The former Bankstown General Manager, Matthew Stewart was proclaimed as the first General Manager of the council.<ref name=LGP/> Jim Montague [[Public Service Medal (Australia)|PSM]], Canterbury Council General Manager from 1983 to 2016, was initially proclaimed as a Deputy General Manager of the new Council, but retired two weeks after the proclamation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ngo|first1=Cindy|title=Former Canterbury Council general manager Jim Montague steps down and bids farewell to local government after 50 years|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/south-west/former-canterbury-council-general-manager-jim-montague-steps-down-from-deputy-general-manager-role-at-new-canterburybankstown-council/news-story/4c3e229797f68a6cd7dbf82c6178fc68|access-date=8 October 2016|agency=Canterbury-Bankstown Express|date=31 May 2016}}</ref>

At the first council meeting on 24 May 2016, the administrator, Richard Colley, resolved to adopt [[city status]] and the council name would be known as the "City of Canterbury Bankstown" by way of changing the council's trading name and business registration.<ref name="colley">{{cite web |title=Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of Council - Held on 24 May 2016 |url=https://councilweb.azurewebsites.net/CBC/meetings/DOCS/2016/ORD_24052016_MIN_EXTRA.PDF |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=10 October 2021 |date=24 May 2016}}</ref> However, as this act merely changed the trading name of the council, the legal name as proclaimed in 2016 remains "Canterbury-Bankstown Council", which can only be changed by official proclamation in the [[Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales|NSW Government Gazette]] under section 206 of the ''[https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-030 Local Government Act, 1993]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Government Act 1993 No 30 - sec.206 |url=https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-030#sec.206 |website=NSW Legislation |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=29 October 2021}}</ref>

====Proposed de-amalgamation====
In 2021, the council began resolving a proposal to de-amalgamate the City of Canterbury Bankstown. The de-amalgamation would restore the former [[City of Canterbury (New South Wales)|City of Canterbury]] and [[City of Bankstown]] to their original boundaries. In July 2022, the council began preparations to submit a business case to the NSW Government for approval.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/council/Proposed-De-amalgamation-of-the-City-of-Canterbury-Bankstown|title=Proposed de-amalgamation of the City of Canterbury Bankstown|work=City of Canterbury Bankstown|access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref>

At the ordinary council meeting on 28 November 2023, it was resolved that council would halt all work, and financial spending, on preparing its implementation plan to de-amalgamate, until such time the NSW Government gave an iron-clad commitment to fully fund the cost of any de-amalgamation, and all ongoing costs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cbcity.nsw.gov.au/council/Proposed-De-amalgamation-of-the-City-of-Canterbury-Bankstown | title=Proposed De-amalgamation of the City of Canterbury Bankstown }}</ref>
However, in 2024, it was confirmed that a bill would be passed in parliament by the NSW Government which would indicate that the government would not fit to bill for any council wishing to de-amalgamate.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/06/nsw-mega-councils-to-foot-the-bill-if-they-want-to-reverse-forced-mergers | title=NSW mega-councils to foot the bill if they want to reverse forced mergers | newspaper=The Guardian | date=5 February 2024 | last1=Rose | first1=Tamsin | last2=McLeod | first2=Catie }}</ref>

==Suburbs in the local government area==
{{#tag:maplink| {{City of Canterbury-Bankstown suburb map}} |text=Suburbs in the City of Canterbury Bankstown area}} are:
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{NSWcity|Ashbury}}{{efn|group=parts|name=d|with a minor portion within the [[Inner West Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Bankstown}}
*{{NSWcity|Bankstown Aerodrome}}
*{{NSWcity|Bass Hill}}
*{{NSWcity|Birrong}}
*{{NSWcity|Belfield}} 
*{{NSWcity|Belmore}}
*{{NSWcity|Beverly Hills}}{{efn|group=parts|name=f|with parts within [[Georges River Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Campsie}}
*{{NSWcity|Canterbury}}
*{{NSWcity|Chester Hill}}{{efn|group=parts|name=a|with parts within [[Cumberland Council (New South Wales)|Cumberland Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Chullora}}
*{{NSWcity|Clemton Park}}
*{{NSWcity|Condell Park}}
*{{NSWcity|Croydon Park}}{{efn|group=parts|name=g|with parts within the [[Municipality of Burwood]] and the [[Inner West Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Earlwood}}{{efn|group=parts|name=h|with a minor portion within [[Bayside Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|East Hills}}
*{{NSWcity|Georges Hall}}
*{{NSWcity|Greenacre}}{{efn|group=parts|name=b|with a minor portion within the [[Municipality of Strathfield]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Hurlstone Park}}{{efn|group=parts|name=i|with a minor portion within the [[Inner West Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Kingsgrove}}{{efn|group=parts|name=j|with parts within [[Georges River Council]] and [[Bayside Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Lakemba}}
*{{NSWcity|Lansdowne}}
*{{NSWcity|Leightonfield}}
*{{NSWcity|Milperra}}
*{{NSWcity|Mount Lewis}}
*[[Padstow Heights|One Tree Point]]
*{{NSWcity|Narwee}}{{efn|group=parts|name=f}}
*{{NSWcity|Padstow}}
*{{NSWcity|Padstow Heights}}
*{{NSWcity|Panania}}
*{{NSWcity|Picnic Point}}
*{{NSWcity|Potts Hill}}
*{{NSWcity|Punchbowl}}
*{{NSWcity|Regents Park}}{{efn|group=parts|name=a}}
*{{NSWcity|Revesby}}
*{{NSWcity|Revesby Heights}}
*{{NSWcity|Riverwood}}{{efn|group=parts|name=f|with parts within [[Georges River Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Roselands}}
*{{NSWcity|Sefton}}{{efn|group=parts|name=a|with parts within [[Cumberland Council (New South Wales)|Cumberland Council]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Villawood}}{{efn|group=parts|name=c|with parts within the [[City of Fairfield]]}}
*{{NSWcity|Wiley Park}}
*{{NSWcity|Yagoona}}
{{Div col end}}

==Economy==
[[File:Bankstown CBD Aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|View of Bankstown CBD.]]
The City of Canterbury-Bankstown is home to the second highest number of registered businesses in NSW. In 2021–22, the City of Canterbury-Bankstown had an estimated Gross Regional Product (GRP) of $16.7 billion, making it the eight largest economy in the state.<ref name=CBEconomy>{{cite web |url=https://economy.id.com.au/canterbury-bankstown |title=City of Canterbury-Bankstown|work=.id|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> 

Multinational companies including [[Volkswagen]] have based their Australian operations in Canterbury-Bankstown. The City of Canterbury-Bankstown is home to the largest postal distribution centre in the [[Southern Hemisphere]], which is  operated by the [[Australia Post]]. [[Bankstown Airport]] is a major employment area for aviation and logistics. The [[New South Wales Police Force|NSW Police Force]], [[New South Wales Ambulance|NSW Ambulance]], [[NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]] and the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service]] have their flight operations at Bankstown Airport.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webdocs.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/api/publish?documentPath=aHR0cDovL2lzaGFyZS9zaXRlcy9QbGFubmluZy9pcC9Bbm51YWwgUmVwb3J0LzIwMjItMjMgQW5udWFsIFJlcG9ydC9DaXR5IG9mIENhbnRlcmJ1cnkgQmFua3N0b3duIC0gQU5OVUFMIFJFUE9SVCAyMDIyLTIzIC0gRlVMTCBGSU5BTCBQT1NUIENPVU5DSUwgdyB1cGRhdGVkIEZpbmFuY2lhbCBTdGF0ZW1lbnRzLnBkZg==&title=City%20of%20Canterbury%20Bankstown%20-%20ANNUAL%20REPORT%202022-23%20-%20FULL%20FINAL%20POST%20COUNCIL%20w%20updated%20Financial%20Statements.pdf |title=City of Canterbury-Bankstown Annual Report 2022–23|work=City of Canterbury-Bankstown|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=5|Selected historical census data for the City of Canterbury Bankstown
|-
!colspan=3|Census year !!2016<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA11570 |name=Canterbury-Bankstown (A) |accessdate=5 July 2017 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2021<ref name="Census2021"/>
|-
|rowspan=4 colspan="2"|Population ||Estimated residents on [[Census in Australia|census night]] ||align="right"|{{formatnum:346302}} ||align="right"|{{formatnum:371006}} 
|-
|align="right"|LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales ||align="right"|1{{small|st}} ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;2{{small|nd}}
|-
|align="right"|% of New South Wales population ||align="right"|4.63% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;4.59% 
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian population ||align="right"|1.48% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;1.46% 
|-
!colspan=3|Cultural and language diversity !! !! 
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|[[Ancestor|Ancestry]],<br />top responses ||[[Lebanese people|Lebanese]]||align="right"|12.5% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;14.1%
|-
|[[Australians|Australian]]||align="right"|11.8% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;13.9%
|-
|[[English people|English]]||align="right"|10.2% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;11.3%
|-
|[[Chinese people|Chinese]]||align="right"|9.4% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;11.6%
|-
|[[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]]||align="right"|6.0% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;7.3%
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|Language,<br />top responses<br />(other than [[Australian English|English]]) ||[[Arabic]]||align="right"|17.2% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;17.2%
|-
|[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]||align="right"|7.2% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;7.5%
|-
|[[Greek language|Greek]]||align="right"|5.4% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;4.7%
|-
|[[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]||align="right"|5.0% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;5.1% 
|-
|[[Cantonese]]||align="right"|3.9% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;3.7%
|-
!colspan=3|Religious affiliation !! !! 
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|[[Religion in Australia|Religious]] affiliation,<br />top responses ||[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Catholic]]||align="right"|23.4% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;21.5%
|-
|[[Islam in Australia|Islam]]||align="right"|20.8% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;23.6% 
|-
|[[Irreligion in Australia|No religion]]||align="right"|15.0% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;17.5% 
|-
|[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia|Eastern Orthodox]]||align="right"| 8.9%||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;8.5% 
|-
||[[Irreligion in Australia|Not stated]]||align="right"| 8.6%||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;8.0% 
|-
!colspan=3|Median weekly incomes !! !!
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Personal [[Household income|income]] ||[[Median]] weekly personal income||align="right"|{{AUD}}502||align="right"|{{AUD}}625	
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="right"| 75.8%||align="right"| 77.6%
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Family income ||Median weekly family income||align="right"|{{AUD}}1,437||align="right"|{{AUD}}1,786	
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="right"| 82.9%||align="right"| 84.2%
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Household income ||Median weekly household income||align="right"|{{AUD}}1,298||align="right"|{{AUD}}1,556
|-
|align="right"|% of Australian median income||align="right"| 90.3%||align="right"| 89.1%
|-
!colspan=3|Dwelling structure !! !! 
|-
|rowspan=4 colspan=2|Dwelling type ||[[Single-family detached home|Separate house]]||align="right"|57.1% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;55.0% 
|-
|[[Semi-detached]], [[Terraced house|terrace]] or [[townhouse]]||align="right"|16.1% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;15.7%
|-
|[[Apartment|Flat or apartment]]||align="right"|25.9% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;28.5% 
|-
|}

==Council==
The Council comprises fifteen [[Councillor]]s elected [[Single transferable vote|proportionally]], with three Councillors elected in five [[Ward (country subdivision)|wards]]. On 9 September 2017 the current Council was elected for a fixed term of office.<ref name=sc/><ref name=LGP/> Although the fixed term of the council is typically four years, due to delays caused by amalgamations and the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]], the first term from 9 September 2017 expired on 4 December 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Government |first1=NSW |title=NSW Gazette Number 347-Local Government |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2021_2021-347.pdf |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref> The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected by the Councillors for two-year and one-year terms, respectively. The City of Canterbury Bankstown was under the management of Administrator Richard Colley and Interim General Manager Matthew Stewart until elections were held on 9 September 2017 and the first meeting of the elected Council on 26 September 2017.<ref name=LGP>{{cite web|title=Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016 [NSW] - Schedule 2 - Provisions for Canterbury-Bankstown Council|url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/regulations/2016-242.pdf|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|access-date=8 October 2016|page=14|date=12 May 2016}}</ref>

===Officeholders===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Mayor!!Term!!Notes
|-
| Richard Colley ([[Administrator (Australia)|Administrator]]) || 12 May 2016 – 26 September 2017 || General Manager of Bankstown 2000–2007 and Administrator of [[City of Wollongong|Wollongong]] 2010–2011<ref name=LGP/><ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Colley |url=http://webdocs.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/api/publish?documentPath=aHR0cDovL2lzaGFyZS9zaXRlcy9Eb2N1bWVudENlbnRyZS9TaGFyZWQgRG9jdW1lbnRzL1JpY2hhcmQgQ29sbGV5J3MgQ1YuUERG&title=Richard%20Colley%27s%20CV.PDF |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=10 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615071035/http://webdocs.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/api/publish?documentPath=aHR0cDovL2lzaGFyZS9zaXRlcy9Eb2N1bWVudENlbnRyZS9TaGFyZWQgRG9jdW1lbnRzL1JpY2hhcmQgQ29sbGV5J3MgQ1YuUERG&title=Richard%20Colley%27s%20CV.PDF |archive-date=15 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Khal Asfour]] || 26 September 2017 – 11 May 2023|| Mayor of Bankstown 2011–2014, 2015–2016<ref name=asfoursaleh>{{cite news|last1=Buckley|first1=Danielle|title=Labor's Khal Asfour elected first mayor of Canterbury-Bankstown|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-express/labors-khal-asfour-elected-first-mayor-of-canterburybankstown/news-story/1887f30ca360c491a3a99c7e5633317c|access-date=13 October 2017|agency=Canterbury-Bankstown Express|date=2 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="asfourelhayek">{{cite news |title=Mayor and Deputy Mayor elected |url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/media/news/mayor-and-deputy-mayor-elected |access-date=7 October 2021 |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |date=19 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620104855/https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/media/news/mayor-and-deputy-mayor-elected |archive-date=20 June 2020}}</ref><ref name=asfourdowney>{{cite news|date=29 September 2021|title=Mayor and Deputy Mayor elected|agency=CBCity News|url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/media/news/mayor-and-deputy-mayor-elected|access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="asfourelhayek2">{{cite web |title=inutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council Held on 24 December 2021 |url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/Councilccb/docs/ORD_24122021_MIN_FINAL.pdf |website=www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=24 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Khal re-elected as Mayor |url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/media/news/khal-re-elected-as-mayor |access-date=29 December 2021 |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |date=24 December 2021 |format=Media Release}}</ref>
|-
| Bilal El-Hayek || 11 May 2023 – present ||<ref name="BEH">{{cite news |title=New Mayor to Lead our City |url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/media/news/new-mayor-to-lead-our-city |access-date=20 September 2023 |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |date=11 May 2023 |format=Media Release}}</ref><ref name="BEH1">{{cite news |title=Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor and Deputy Mayor Election |url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/media/news/canterbury-bankstown-mayor-and-deputy-mayor-election |access-date=20 September 2023 |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |date=12 September 2023 |format=Media Release}}</ref>
|-
!Deputy Mayor!!Term!!Notes
|-
| Nadia Saleh || 26 September 2017 – 25 September 2018 ||<ref name=asfoursaleh/>
|-
| Clare Raffan || 25 September 2018 – 19 September 2019 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of Council Held on 25 September 2018 |url=https://councilweb.azurewebsites.net/CBC/meetings/DOCS/2018/ORD_25092018_MIN_EXTRA.pdf |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=7 October 2021 |date=25 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
| Bilal El-Hayek || 19 September 2019 – 28 September 2020 ||<ref name="asfourelhayek"/>
|-
| Rachelle Harika || 28 September 2020 – 29 September 2021 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of Council Held on 28 September 2020 |url=https://councilweb.azurewebsites.net/CBC/meetings/DOCS/2020/Extraordinary%20meeting%2028%20September%202020%20minutes.pdf |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=7 October 2021 |date=28 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Linda Downey || 29 September 2021 – 24 December 2021 || Mayor of Bankstown 2014–2015<ref name=asfourdowney/>
|-
| Bilal El-Hayek || 24 December 2021 – 29 September 2022 ||<ref name="asfourelhayek2"/>
|-
| Clare Raffan || 29 September 2022 – 11 September 2023 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council Held on 29 September 2022 |url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/Councilccb/docs/ORD_29092022_MIN.pdf |publisher=City of Canterbury Bankstown |access-date=7 October 2022 |date=29 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="BEH"/>
|-
| Rachelle Harika || 11 September 2023 – present ||<ref name="BEH1"/>
|-
!General Manager!!Term!!Notes
|-
| Matthew Stewart || 12 May 2016 – present || General Manager of Bankstown 2010–2016<ref name=LGP/>
|}

===Current composition===
The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council, by order of election, is as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party!!Councillors
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Australian Labor Party]]
| align=right | 9
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal Party of Australia]]
| align=right | 5
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Independent
| align=right | 1
|-
|
| '''Total'''
| align=right | '''15'''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Party!!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"|Bankstown Ward<ref>{{cite web|title=Canterbury-Bankstown - Bankstown Ward|url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/canterbury-bankstown/bankstown-ward/councillor|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2021|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| George Zakhia
| Liberal
| Elected 2017.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[Khal Asfour]]
| Labor
| Elected 2017; Mayor 2017–2023
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Bilal El-Hayek
| Labor
| Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2019–2020, 2021–2022; '''Mayor''' 2023–present.
|-
| rowspan="3"|Bass Hill Ward<ref>{{cite web|title=Canterbury-Bankstown - Bass Hill Ward|url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/canterbury-bankstown/bass-hill-ward/councillor|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2021|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| Charlie Ishac
| Liberal
| Elected 2017.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Rachelle Harika
| Labor
| Elected 2017; '''Deputy Mayor''' 2020–2021, 2023–present.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Christopher Cahill
| Labor
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|Canterbury Ward<ref>{{cite web|title=Canterbury-Bankstown - Canterbury Ward|url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/canterbury-bankstown/canterbury-ward/councillor|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2021|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Clare Raffan
| Labor
| Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2018–2019, 2022–2023.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Barbara Coorey
| Independent
| Canterbury West Ward Councillor 1991–1999; Canterbury Deputy Mayor 1995–1996.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wainwright |first1=Robert |title=Mayoral Elections: The Results - Local councils, global issues |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=13 October 1995 |page=9}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| Jessie Nguyen
| Liberal
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|Revesby Ward<ref>{{cite web|title=Canterbury-Bankstown - Revesby Ward|url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/canterbury-bankstown/revesby-ward/councillor|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2021|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| David Walsh
| Labor
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| Charbel Abouraad
| Liberal
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Linda Downey
| Labor
| Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2021; Mayor of Bankstown 2014–2015.
|-
| rowspan="3"|Roselands Ward<ref>{{cite web|title=Canterbury-Bankstown - Roselands Ward|url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/canterbury-bankstown/roselands-ward/councillor|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2021|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| Sazeda Akter
| Liberal
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Karl Saleh
| Labor
| Canterbury West Ward Councillor 2004–2016; Canterbury Deputy Mayor 2008–2009, 2012–2013, 2015–2016.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Bhadra Waida
| Labor
| 
|}

==Election results==
===2021===
{{excerpt|Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections|section=Canterbury-Bankstown}}

==Heritage listings==
The City of Canterbury Bankstown has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Ashbury, Holden Street: [[Ashfield Reservoir]]<ref name=nswshr-1622>{{cite NSW SHR|5053873|Ashfield Reservoir (Elevated) (WS 0003)|hr=01622|fn=H04/00253|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Belmore, Burwood Road: [[Belmore railway station]]<ref name=nswshr-1081>{{cite NSW SHR|5045375|Belmore Railway Station Group|hr=01081|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Canterbury, Bankstown railway: [[Canterbury railway station, Sydney]]<ref name=nswshr-1109>{{cite NSW SHR|5011966|Canterbury Railway Station group|hr=01109|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Canterbury, 9 Fore Street: [[Bethungra, Canterbury]]<ref name=nswshr-224>{{cite NSW SHR|5045405|Bethungra|hr=00224|fn=S90/05855 & HC 32454|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Canterbury, Sugar House Road: [[Old Sugarmill]]<ref name=nswshr-290>{{cite NSW SHR|5045010|Old Sugarmill|hr=00290|fn=EF10/14815;S90/2268/1; HC32866|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Condell Park, Corner of Marion and Edgar Street: [[Bankstown Bunker]]<ref name=nswshr-1857>{{cite NSW SHR|5060252|Air Defence Headquarters Ruin Sydney (former)|hr=01857|fn=H05/00101; 10/07213; EF14/4350|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref>
* Earlwood, Pine Street: [[Cooks River Sewage Aqueduct]]<ref name=nswshr-1322>{{cite NSW SHR|5051423|Cooks River Sewage Aqueduct|hr=01322|fn=H04/00049|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Earlwood, Unwin Street: [[Wolli Creek Aqueduct]]<ref name=nswshr-1355>{{cite NSW SHR|5051438|Wolli Creek Aqueduct|hr=01355|fn=H04/00048|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

==International relations==
===Sister cities===
The City of Canterbury Bankstown has 7 [[sister cities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/business/sister-city-relationships|title=Sister city relationships|work=City of Canterbury Bankstown|access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=23em|
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Broken Hill]], Australia 
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cobar Shire]], Australia
* {{flagicon|JAP}} [[Suita]], Japan
* {{flagicon|ROK}} [[Yangcheon District]], [[Seoul]], South Korea
* {{flagicon|ROK}} [[Eunpyeong District]], [[Seoul]], South Korea
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tianhe District]], [[Guangzhou]], China
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs]], United States
}}

==See also==
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* [[Local government areas of New South Wales]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/ City of Canterbury-Bankstown website]

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