CITY OF ONKAPARINGA

The 'City of Onkaparinga' is a local government area (LGA) located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. The name ''Onkaparinga'' comes from ''Ngangkiparinga'', a Kaurna word meaning "The Women's River". It is the largest LGA in South Australia, with a population of over 152,000 people in both urban and rural communities and is also geographically expansive, encompassing an area of 518 km². The council is headquartered in the Noarlunga Centre with area offices situated in Aberfoyle Park and Willunga.
The City of Onkaparinga was formed on the 1 July 1997, from the amalgamation the former Cities of Happy Valley and Noarlunga with part of the District Council of Willunga.

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Governance

Suburbs

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Governance

The Elected Council meets at the chambers in Noarlunga Centre on Hannah Road on the first and third Tuesday's of each month.
The City of Onkaparinga has 21 Elected Members (including the Mayor). The City is divided into five electoral wards, with four Councillors representing each. The Mayor is elected at large by all electors.
The current Council was elected in 2006 for a four year term. The next general election is due in November 2010.

★ Knox ★ ★ Cr Nigel Alford ★ ★ Cr Alan Oakes ★ ★ Cr Doreen Erwin ★ ★ Cr Rod Brown ★ Mid South Coast ★ ★ Cr Nick Swann ★ ★ Cr Bill Jamieson ★ ★ Cr Arthur Ferguson ★ ★ Cr Rex Manson

★ Pimpala ★ ★ Cr Sandra Brown ★ ★ Cr Sharon Nash ★ ★ Cr Peter Schulze ★ ★ Cr Greg Olbrich ★ Thalassa ★ ★ Cr Trevor Fletcher ★ ★ Cr Bill Coomans ★ ★ Cr Robert de Jonge ★ ★ Cr Dale Mazzachi

★ Wine Coast ★ ★ Cr George Apap ★ ★ Cr Richard Peat (Deputy Mayor) ★ ★ Cr Yvonne Wenham ★ ★ Cr David Arbon

Suburbs

★ Aberfoyle Park - 5159 ★ Aldinga - 5173 ★ Aldinga Beach – 5173 ★ Blewitt Springs - 5171 ★ Chandlers Hill - 5159 ★ Cherry Gardens - 5157 ★ Christie Downs - 5164 ★ Christies Beach - 5165 ★ Clarendon – 5157 ★ Coromandel East - 5157 ★ Coromandel Valley - 5051 ★ Darlington - 5047 ★ Dorset Vale - 5157 ★ Flagstaff Hill - 5159 ★ Hackham - 5163 ★ Hackham West - 5163 ★ Happy Valley - 5159 ★ Huntfield Heights - 5163 ★ Ironbank - 5153 ★ Kangarilla - 5157 ★ Lonsdale - 5160 ★ Maslin Beach - 5170 ★ McLaren Flat - 5171 ★ McLaren Vale - 5171 ★ Moana - 5169

★ Morphett Vale – 5162 ★ Noarlunga Centre - 5168 ★ Noarlunga Downs - 5168 ★ O'Halloran Hill - 5158 ★ O'Sullivan Beach - 5166 ★ Old Noarlunga - 5168 ★ Old Reynella - 5161 ★ Onkaparinga Hills - 5163 ★ Port Noarlunga – 5167 ★ Port Noarlunga South - 5167 ★ Port Willunga - 5173 ★ Reynella - 5161 ★ Reynella East - 5161 ★ Seaford - 5169 ★ Seaford Heights - 5169 ★ Seaford Meadows - 5169 ★ Seaford Rise - 5169 ★ Sellicks Beach - 5174 ★ Sellicks Hill - 5174 ★ Tatachilla - 5171 ★ The Range, South Australia - 5172 ★ Whites Valley - 5172 ★ Willunga - 5172 ★ Willunga South - 5172 ★ Woodcroft – 5162

See also

★ Local Government Areas of South Australia

★ List of Adelaide suburbs

External links

★ City of Onkaparinga

★ Onkaparinga community snapshot