City of Willoughby
City of Willoughby | |||||||||||||
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Location in Metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of City of Willoughby | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 33°48′S 151°11′E / 33.800°S 151.183°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | North Shore | ||||||||||||
| Established | 23 October 1865 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Chatswood | ||||||||||||
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| • Mayor | Tanya Taylor | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 22.6 km2 (8.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Totals | 75,613 (2021 census) 80,339 (2023 est.) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,346/km2 (8,665/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | City of Willoughby | ||||||||||||
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The City of Willoughby is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the Sydney central business district. It was first proclaimed in October 1865 as the Municipality of North Willoughby.
The main commercial centre of the City of Willoughby is Chatswood, home to one of Sydney's suburban skyscraper clusters. Other commercial centres are the suburbs of Willoughby, St Leonards and Artarmon. Willoughby is situated on an elevated plateau, and all of Sydney's television stations broadcast from towers in the area. Within the City of Willoughby is the Royal North Shore Hospital, located at St Leonards, one of Sydney's major hospitals.
The Council comprises an area of 23 square kilometres (8.9 sq mi), and as at the 2021 census had an estimated population of 75,613.