City of Stonnington

- 37.85145.03333333333Koordinaten: 37 ° 51 ' S, 145 ° 2' O Stonnington City is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. Stonnington belongs to the city of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. The area is 26 km ² in size and has about 93,000 inhabitants.

Stonnington is bordered on the northeast end of the city center of Melbourne, the northern border is formed by the Yarra River and Gardiners Creek. The City includes nine neighborhoods: South Yarra, Prahran, Windsor, Toorak, Armadale, Kooyong, Glen Iris, Malvern and Malvern East. The seat of the City Council is located in Malvern in the center of the LGA.

Stonnington is predominantly residential area and has numerous old buildings from the early settlement period of Victoria in the second half of the 19th century. South Yarra is one of the most exclusive residential areas of Melbourne. The City also has numerous gardens and parks.

In addition, here, the retail sector is strongly represented with several well-known shopping streets, such as Toorak Village, Chapel Street.

In 1927 built Kooyong Stadium found until 1987 the Australian Open held before they moved into the larger Melbourne Park.

According to the data from a census of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS ) from the year 2006, the proportion of residents who were not born in Australia, 26.7 per cent, which is far above the average of other parts of the city of Melbourne. Most non- Australian-born residents are from Great Britain, Greece, New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Following the census no English is spoken in 19.1 percent of households. The most widely spoken languages ​​in these households are Greek, Chinese, Italian, Indonesian and Russian. 57.5 percent of the population is among Christian denominations, 10.1 percent other. 32.4 percent did not provide information.

Management

The Stonnington City Council has nine members, who are elected by the residents of three wards (three Councillor per Ward). These three districts (East, North and South ) are set independently of the districts. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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