Snowy Monaro Regional Council

The following towns are located within Snowy Monaro Regional Council:

The following localities are located within Snowy Monaro Regional Council:

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The Snowy Monaro Region has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Bombala, Goulburn-Bombala railway: Bombala railway station^[7]
• Bombala, 91 Main Road: Crankies Plain Bridge^[8]
• Bredbo, Goulburn-Bombala railway: Bredbo Rail Bridge^[9]
• Cooma, Bradley Street: Cooma railway station^[10]
• Cooma, 59–61 Lambie Street: Royal Hotel^[11]
• Cooma, Sharp Street: Rock Bolting Development Site^[12]
• Eucumbene, Old Adaminaby and Lake Eucumbene^[13]
• Kiandra: Kiandra Courthouse^[14]
• Kiandra: Matthews Cottage^[15]

The population for the predecessor councils was estimated in 2013 as:^[16]

• 2,401 in Bombala Shire
• 10,073 in Cooma-Monaro Shire and
• 8,087 in Snowy River Shire.

At the 2021 census there were 21,666 people in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area; of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population; the NSW and Australian averages are 3.4 and 3.2% respectively. The median age of people in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council was 43 years; the national median is 38 years. 78.9% of the population were born in Australia and 85.8% of households only speak English at home.^[17]

More information Selected historical census data for Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area, Census year ...

Selected historical census data for Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area
Census year		2016[18]	2021[17]
Population	Estimated residents on census night	20,218	21,666
	LGA rank in terms of population size within New South Wales	69th	68th
	% of New South Wales population	0.27%	0.27%
	% of Australian population	0.09%	0.09%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian	41.3%	39.8%
	English	39.2%	39.8%
	Irish	12.3%	12.8%
	Scottish	11.0%	12.5%
	German	5.4%	5.4%
Language, used at home (other than English)	German	0.9%	0.7%
	Italian	0.4%	0.4%
	Mandarin	0.4%	0.7%
	French	0.2%	0.2%
	Dutch	0.2%	0.2%
	Thai	0.2%	0.3%
	Spanish	0.1%	0.5%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	No religion, so described	29.8%	41.6%
	Catholic	23.6%	20.3%
	Anglican	20.4%	16.0%
	Not stated	12.2%	9.2%
	Uniting Church	2.7%	2.4%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$675	A$835
	% of Australian median income	102.0%	103.7%
Family income	Median weekly family income	A$1,569	A$2,092
	% of Australian median income	90.5%	98.7%
Household income	Median weekly household income	A$1,200	A$1,593
	% of Australian median income	83.4%	91.2%

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The Snowy Monaro Regional Council comprises eleven Councillors elected proportionally in a single ward. The Councillors elected for a fixed four-year term of office with effect from 4 December 2021 were:^[19] Hanna was re-elected mayor while Hopkins became deputy mayor in the 2024 council elections. New councillor Andrew Thaler was sworn in October 2024,^[20] but has subsequently been suspended three times due to his behaviour.

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