Ku-ring-gai Council is a local government authority located in Sydney's leafy northern suburbs.
The Council has approximately 500 staff who provide a wide variety of high quality services and facilities for the 109,000 local residents. These services include development assessment, strategic and environmental planning, infrastructure, waste collection, bushland management, parks, sports facilities, bushfire prevention, libraries, the Ku-ring-gai Art Centre, halls and meeting rooms, Family Day Care, a Youth Centre, community events and school holiday activities.
The Council Chambers are located in Gordon, a short walk from Gordon train station. Employees have access to competitive salaries, training and development opportunities, flexible working hours and a friendly and supportive working environment.
The name Ku-ring-gai comes from the Guringai Aboriginal language group who inhabited the area. This name was later adopted by the Ku-ring-gai Shire Council, the area's first local government authority, in 1906.
The Ku-ring-gai local government area covers approximately 84 square kilometres and nine suburbs. The area displays a wide variation in landscape and wildlife with significant areas of urban bushland identified as having high conservation status.
Of the residential area, 95 per cent is occupied by low-density housing. This residential area is bounded by Garigal National Park in the east, Lane Cove River Park in the west and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in the north.
Only 5 per cent of land use in the Ku-ring-gai area is designated to business and other usage. Ku-ring-gai is located approximately sixteen kilometres from Sydney and is on average 152 metres above sea level. The highest point is Pacific Highway, Wahroonga, near Lucinda Avenue, which is approximately the same height as the Lower Blue Mountains.
