City of Newcastle
City of Newcastle | |||||||||||||
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Location in Greater Newcastle Aerial view of Newcastle | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 32°55.7′S 151°46.9′E / 32.9283°S 151.7817°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter (Greater Newcastle) | ||||||||||||
| Location |
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| Council seat | 12 Stewart Avenue, Newcastle | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Lord Mayor | Ross Kerridge (Our Newcastle) | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 186.8 km2 (72.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 168,873 (LGA 2021) ([[List of cities in Australia by population|39th]]) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 918.1/km2 (2,378/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) | ||||||||||||
| County | Northumberland | ||||||||||||
| Website | City of Newcastle | ||||||||||||
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The City of Newcastle is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The City of Newcastle incorporates much of the area of the Newcastle metropolitan area.
The Lord Mayor of the City of Newcastle Council is Councillor Dr. Ross Kerridge, an Independent politician elected under the team campaign banner 'Our Newcastle' at the 2024 New South Wales mayoral elections.