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Exercise 9 - Kuringai Municipality

http://www.kmc.nsw.gov.au/www/html/7-home-page.asp



Location.
Kuringai is a north shore area between Chatswood and Hornsby, consisting  of Gordon, Lindfield, Killara, Pymbl, St Ives and Turramurra. As executives are promoted in their jobs in Sydney they often move to the north shore, and then continue to move to the most exclusive suburbs if their promotions continue. It is a very safe area to live in.

Nationality Distribution 
 Kuringai Municipality has more than  one third of its citizens born overseas. One third of its citizens moved from overseas in the last five years. Eighty percent of its citizens speak English at home, and 7% speak Chinese.

Occupations
The main occupations (10% each ) are Health care, Finance, Insurance, Education and Retail.

Educational Facilities
Their are many famous high schools, but little in the way of universities, only UTS kuringai campus

Library

http://www.kmc.nsw.gov.au/www/html/64-library.asp

Kuringai Municipality has its central library at Gordon with sub-branches at  Lindfield, Killara, St Ives and Turramurra.