Murrumbidgee Council
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- 3,826 (2016 census)[1]
- 3,961 (2018 est.)[2]
| Murrumbidgee Council New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°9′S 145°46′E / 35.150°S 145.767°E | ||||||||||||||
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| • Density | 0.5561/km2 (1.4403/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 12 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,880 km2 (2,656.4 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Ruth McRae | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Riverina | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Murray | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Farrer | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Murrumbidgee Council | ||||||||||||||
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Murrumbidgee Council is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of the Murrumbidgee Shire and the Jerilderie Shire.[3]
The combined area comprises 6,880 square kilometres (2,660 sq mi) and covers the urban areas of Coleambally, Darlington Point and Jerilderie and the surrounding cropping and pastoral areas. At the time of its establishment, the estimated population of the area was 4,047.[3]
The inaugural mayor of Murrumbidgee Council is former Jerilderie Shire councillor Ruth McRae, elected on 21 September 2017.[4] Cr McRae was elected as mayor for the second term on 24 September 2019.[5]
Murrumbidgee Council has nine councillors, with three councillors elected proportionally from three wards – Jerilderie, Murrumbidgee and Murrumbidgee East. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office.[3][6]
Election results
2024
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Demographics
| Selected historical census data for Murrumbidgee Council local government area | ||||||
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| Census year | 2001[7] | 2006[8] | 2011[9] | 2016[1] | ||
| Population | Estimated residents on census night | 2,502 |  2,503 |  2,261 | 3,836 | |
| LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 117th |  117th | ||||
| % of New South Wales population | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.05% | ||
| % of Australian population | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% | ||
| Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
| Ancestry, top responses | Australian | 36.4% | 35.0% | |||
| English | 27.4% | 27.6% | ||||
| Irish | 9.6% | 9.3% | ||||
| Scottish | 7.7% | 7.8% | ||||
| Italian | n/c | 3.2% | ||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Italian | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |
| Spanish | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.3% | ||
| Arabic | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.3% | ||
| Tagalog | 0.2% | n/c | 0.5% | 0.3% | ||
| Mandarin | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.3% | ||
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | 28.9% | 28.0% | 28.3% | 28.9% | |
| Anglican | 33.0% | 32.8% | 29.9% | 22.3% | ||
| No Religion, so described | 9.2% | 8.7% | 13.6% | 18.7% | ||
| Not stated | n/c | n/c | n/c | 12.1% | ||
| Uniting Church | 11.2% | 9.8% | 8.2% | 8.5% | ||
| Median weekly incomes | ||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$467 | A$508 | A$659 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 100.2% | 88.0% | 99.5% | |||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,047 | A$1,109 | A$1,461 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 89.4% | 74.9% | 84.3% | |||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | A$861 | A$894 | A$1,197 | ||
| % of Australian median income | 83.8% | 72.4% | 83.2% | |||
