a little younger than the rest of the country: the median age of Liverpool residents was 34 years (national median is 37). Children aged 0–14 years made up 21.0% of the population (19.3% nationally) and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9%% of the population (14.0% nationally). Over half (57.8%) the dwellings in Liverpool were apartments and 55.9% were being rented, which is significantly higher than the national average of 29.6%. Notable people from Liverpool Mark Bosnich, former footballer Leslie Camilleri, convicted criminal with 3x life imprisonment charges Michael Clarke, cricketer Sir Jenkin Coles, auctioneer and politician Walter Hampson Cooper, journalist, playwright, politician and barrister Isaac De Gois, rugby league player Mitchell Duke, soccer player Michael Dwyer, Irish Rebellion Leader (1798–1803) and Chief of Police Liverpool (1813–1820) Nathan Foley, a former member of Hi-5, entertainer Frederick Augustus Forbes, store-keeper, grazier and politician Scott Gardiner, first golfer of Aboriginal descent to play on the PGA Tour Jennifer Harrison, poet Liam Hatcher, cricketer Vic Hey, rugby league player Brett Hodgson, rugby league player Harry Kewell, soccer player Craig Knowles, politician Terry Lamb, rugby league player Anthony Minichiello, rugby league player Mark Minichiello, rugby league player Brad Morrin, rugby league player Pat Richards, rugby league player Richard Sadleir (1794–1889), first mayor of Liverpool (in 1872) Lenny Zappavigna, boxer Politics The suburb of Liverpool is split in its representation at all three levels of government with Hoxton Park Road the divider in each case. At the local level, Liverpool is part of the City of Liverpool, which is divided into two wards, the North Ward on the north side of Hoxton Park Road and the South Ward on the other side. Each ward elects five councillors and the council currently consists of four Labor councillors, five Liberals, one member of the Liverpool Community Independents Team (LCIT). There is also a directly elected mayor, Ned Mannoun. For New South Wales state elections, the north side of Liverpool is located in the Electoral district of Liverpool, held by Paul Lynch, while the south side is in the Electoral district of Macquarie Fields, held by Anoulack Chanthivong. Both men are members of the Australian Labor Party. Federally, the north side of Liverpool is located in the Division of Hughes held by Craig Kelly of the United Australia Party. The south side is part of the Division of Werriwa, held by Labor's Anne Stanley. The table