Corporate statistics

The following statistics relate to the City of Onkaparinga council. They are provided to ensure consistent quotations in our public documents.

Coastline length 31.2km
Area of City of Onkaparinga 518.3 sq kms
Number of Elected Members 21 (5 Wards, 4 Elected Members in each Ward plus the Mayor)
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CORPORATE STATISTIC 2010-11
Financial Year		 2009-10
Financial Year
Estimated Resident Population 164,800 at 30 June 2011 162,925 at 30 June 2010
Number of employees

612.68 Full time equivalent at 30 June 2011
(Including 32.99 externally funded positions)

 600.29 Full time equivalent at 30 June 2010
(Increase in FTE’s due to Waterproofing the South project and Seaford Rail Extension project)
Total Expenditure including:
  • Project and Capital works (incorporating Major Projects and Climate Change Fund)
Total Income including:
  • Income from General Rates
  • Income from other sources (including grants and subsidies)
All amounts extracted from original budget

$134.9 million

$44.9 million


$125.1 million

$85.5 million
$39.6 million

 $138.9 million

$54.2 million


$131.5 million

$80.4 million
$51.2 million
Asset base (written down value)
All amounts extracted from original budget		 $1,295,549,306 $1,243,049,469

Amount of grant funding Council provides to the community

$3,975,599.44

$4,125,857.81
Number of visits to www.onkaparingacity.com

433,465 visits
1,407,856 page views
203,771 unique visits

 1,365,377 visits
(new website was launched in May 2010)
Number of Libraries 6 libraries and a mobile service 6 libraries and a mobile service
Libraries: Number of visits 958,607 visitors (The Woodcroft Library was closed from 18 April 2010 until 3 May 2011 for renovations.  Customers are taking advantage of online library services thus reducing the number of times they visit a library) 1,047,998 visitors (during July to October there was no door counter at Noarlunga Library due to renovations and visitor numbers were estimated.  The Woodcroft Library closed to the public from 18 April 2010 for approximately 6 months of renovations)
Libraries: Number of loans 1,514,548 loans 1,544,112 loans
Libraries: Number public personal computer user hours 52,847 hours 49,357 hours
Libraries: Number of volunteer hours 16,743.60 hours 19,160.65

Libraries: Number of events

 992 events 955 events

Libraries: Number of attendees at events

 18,794 people 23,070 people
Arts: Number of events 103 events 123 events
Arts: Number attendees at events 23,657 people 24,404 people
Property: Number of land parcels owned by Council

3,402 land parcels
(A project was undertaken to identify all land parcels through a report from the Land Titles Office and reconciled with our database, this resulted in a more accurate record of all land parcels which included 116 Crown land parcels under the care and control of the Council and 145 walkways)

 2,405 land parcels
Property: Number of buildings owned by Council

412 structures

(A project was undertaken to identify all structures owned by Council.  Of these 412 structures 54 are considered minor assets which include ancillary structures leased to community groups)		 357 buildings
(During 2009-10 there were 2 buildings at Coromandel Valley that were demolished)
Property: Number of tenancies in Council buildings 180 tenancies 156 tenancies
Property: Total floor space held by Council 113,697 square metres 111,235 square metres
Property: Number of Council owned public toilets 73 toilets 73 toilets
Property: Number of halls owned by Council (also included in total number of buildings owned by Council)

10 halls

(3 halls are now being used as outreach facilities for Community Centres)		 13 halls

Property: Number of parks and reserves owned by Council

 785 reserves 777 reserves

Property: Area of parks and reserves owned by Council

 1,972 hectares 1,517 hectares
Property: Number of playgrounds owned by Council 235 playgrounds 234 playgrounds
Number of rateable properties 73,340 properties 72,266 properties

Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of turfed playing fields

 38 turfed playing fields

N/A

Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of cricket pitches and practice pitches

 18 cricket pitches and 14 practice pitches

N/A

Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of outdoor courts

 129 outdoor courts

N/A

Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of recreation centres and indoor courts

 8 indoor recreation centres with a total of 16 courts

N/A

Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of equestrian facilities

 8 equestrian facilities

N/A
Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of surf lifesaving clubs 5 surf lifesaving clubs

N/A

Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of basketball rings with concrete pads

 41 basketball rings

N/A

Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of skate facilities

 12 skate facilities

N/A

Sport and Active Recreation Facilities: Number of BMX facilities

 22 BMX facilities

N/A
Kilometres of roadside footpaths 921 kms 900.8 kms
Kilometres of roadside footpaths laid 24.5 kms 18 kms
Kilometres of multi use trails 101 kms 95 kms
Kilometres of Council roads (sealed, unsealed, dust sealed) 1,579 kms 1,505 kms
Community transport (including charters)
- Passenger occasions of service		 26,687 passengers 23,380 passengers
Community transport (including charters)
- Number of kilometres travelled		 94,472 kms 120,267 kms
Number of phone calls to the Customer Service Centre 171,175 calls 182,729 calls
Front counter visits to Council offices 79,114 visits 74,931 visits
Customer requests administered 130,301 requests 106,526 requests
Development applications lodged 4,454 applications lodged 5,195 applications lodged
Development applications approved

4,104 applications approved (4,208 decisions in total with 47 deemed refused and 55 refused)

 5,105 applications approved
Requested graffiti removals 1,701 removals 1,566 removals
Proactive graffiti removals 42,958 removals 34,873 removals
Total graffiti program members 3,995 members 3,775 members
Number of domestic waste collections 3,736,877 collections 3,711,361 collections
Total number of waste collections Not available 5,797,828 collections

Tonnes of domestic waste to landfill

 36,543 tonnes 35,250 tonnes

Tonnes of recycling collected at kerbside

 15,629 tonnes

13,014 tonnes

Tonnes of green waste collected

 13,232 tonnes 12,782 tonnes

Tonnes of hard waste collected

 1,206 tonnes

1,287 tonnes

Tonnes of hard waste recycled

 696 tonnes 957 tonnes

Tonnes of recycling material collected

 Not available

26,892 tonnes
Tonnes of corporate greenhouse gas emissions

(Available May 2012)

12,308 tonnes
(Scope 1 and 2)
Number of trees planted by Council 2,300 trees 2,661 trees

Number of biodiversity plantings undertaken by Council

 100,254 plantings 42,485 plantings
Number of immunisation vaccines 19,803 vaccines 20,957 vaccines
Number of immunisation clients 12,213 clients 12,196 clients
Food premises inspections 881 premises 695 premises

Lost time injuries

 26 injuries 32 injuries

Workers compensation claims

 61 claims 56 claims

Ranger Services: Barking dog complaints

166 complaints

 183 complaints

Ranger Services: Dog attack / harassment

 223 dogs 175 dogs

Ranger Services: Dogs impounded

 1,816 dogs 1,828 dogs

Ranger Services: Dog pick ups

 881 dogs 897 dogs

Ranger Services: Abandoned vehicles

 569 vehicles 574 vehicles

Ranger Services: Illegal parking requests

 340 requests 254 requests

Volunteers assisting Council

 890 volunteers 892 volunteers

 

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