Our Local Government Area

Warringah Council was established in 1906 on Sydney's northern beaches. Our Local Government Area covers 153 square kilometres, consisting of a mix of residential, crown land (including beaches and reserves), national parks, business areas and light industrial areas.

Originally the home of the Guringai people, this place continues to hold significance for Indigenous Australians. Warringah's Indigenous name means 'sign of rain', 'across the waves' and 'sea'. Warringah is now home to around 141,000 people from all over the world including the United Kingdom, Europe, the Pacific Islands and Asia.

Our bush and beach environment stretches between Manly in the south, Pittwater in the north and inland to the Kuringai National Park. Our 14 kilometres of coastline includes nine beaches and the Warringah area covers close to 6,000 hectares of natural bushland and open space with many features of cultural and heritage significance including hundreds of Aboriginal significant sites. We are home to the Manly Dam, lagoons in Narrabeen, Dee Why and Curl Curl, Stony Range Botanic Garden and 75 threatened native plant and animal species.