Measuring Council Performance
2022/23
Cessnock 
Demographics of Councillors
Under 30 years
31 - 60 Years
Over 60 Years
Undisclosed
Councillors (%)
Councillors group avg. (%)
Your Council's Community Leadership |
Result | Group Avg. |
| Number of Councillors | 13 | 9 |
| Population per councillor | 4,929 | 4,078 |
| Development Applications determined by councillors (%) | 0.9 | 3 |
| Audited Financial Reports submitted by due date (Y/N) | Y | Y |
| Code of Conduct Complaints (No.) | 4 | 5 |
| Complaints Investigated requiring action (No.) | 2 | 1 |
| Cost of dealing with Code of Conduct Complaints ($) | 65,650 | 17,148 |
| Population per FTE Staff (No.) | 178 | 109 |
| Councillor expenses ($) | 69,000 | 81,840 |
| Total mayoral and councillor fees ($) | 355,000 | 243,160 |
| Mayoral and councillor Overseas travel ($) | 0 | 0 |
| Mayoral and councillor conference expenses ($) | 15,000 | 13,175 |
| Mayoral and councillor interstate travel ($) | 0 | 1,841 |
| General manager remuneration ($) | 316,616 | 354,943 |
councillors
councillors state avg.
Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander
Language Diversity