Pittwater Council was a local government area on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

It covered a region adjacent to the Tasman Sea about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the Sydney central business district.

Pittwater was named in about 1800 by the colony's first governor, Arthur Phillip, honouring the then British Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger.

[3] Pittwater in the early 19th century was developed as a new port with loading and unloading facilities erected at what is now the current Newport public wharf.

As the port developed so did local industry such as sheep at Mona Vale, orchards at southern Newport and Church Point, salt from Saltpan cove and Scotland Island.

During the Second World War, unlike Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson), Pittwater was not protected by a boom net.

[5] Also on that day, the offices of Robert Dunn, Eric Green and Ronald Starr, former Warringah 'A' Riding Councillors, were terminated with those persons forming, with others, a nine-member Provisional Council of the Municipality of Pittwater.

The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the council was as follows when it was dissolved:[16][17][18] At the 2011 Census, there were 57,155 people in the Pittwater local government area, of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female.

In excess of 57% of all residents in the Pittwater Council area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 Census, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2%.

[25] Pittwater Council's suburb Mona Vale is sister city to the United States village of Wilmette, Illinois and they participate in an annual student exchange program between their high schools.