About Ku-ring-gai
Overview
Situated just 16 kilometres from the city on Sydney’s leafy North Shore, Ku-ring-gai is known for its natural beauty and urban villages. It’s a picturesque lifestyle with clean waterways, striking wildlife and action-packed events backed by great services and infrastructure.
Ku-ring-gai stretches from near the Roseville cinema in the south to Wahroonga Park in the north and from St Ives Showground in the east to Lane Cove National Park in the west.
It is bound by three national parks - Garigal National Park, Lane Cove National Park and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. This means our residents and visitors enjoy areas of unspoiled bushland, plus the incredible wildlife that goes along with it.
Our green leafy streets, tranquil parks, and walking and bike trails are renowned but as the region has expanded, there’s much more on offer. Ku-ring-gai's cultural diversity and expanding communities means that the region has multicultural hubs with vibrant dining and entertaining areas, as well as many community events to enjoy.
Ku-ring-gai Council is committed to delivering the highest quality service, valued and trusted by our community.
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Demographics
Over 124,172 people live in Ku-ring-gai, most are aged 40 years or over and 46% are parents with children.
Of those working, most are professionals, managers or clerical and administrative workers.
In Ku-ring-gai, 42% of us were born overseas, mainly in China, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia, Iran or United States of America. Aside from English, the most commonly spoken languages at home are Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Persian, Hindi and Japanese.
Demographic profile of Ku-ring-gai
Ku-ring-gai Community Atlas
Here in Ku-ring-gai – we’re a population of almost 125,000 with 43% of our residents born overseas and our 20,400 volunteers undertake 400,000 hours work a year.
Council looks after 375 hectares of bushland, 30km of walking trails, 207 parks, playgrounds and sportsfields, 67 tennis courts, 22 community centres, 4 library branches attracting 325,966 visitors, 2 golf courses, 2 mountain bike tracks, 2 youth hubs with 7,300 participants, an art centre with 2,406 enrolments, a showground with 248,200 cars through the gate and the Wildflower Garden attracting 150,000 trail walkers and visitors. We also have 484 kms of road which we maintain along with TfNSW.
Our children’s service staff look after almost 900 children, 4,804 people joined in seniors programs, 146,337 attended Council events and 2.4 million people visited our website.