Snowy Valleys Council

In addition to the towns of Adelong, Batlow, Tumbarumba and Tumut, localities in the area include Brindabella, Brungle, Cabramurra, Gilmore, Grahamstown, Greg Greg, Gocup, Jingellic, Khancoban, Killimicat, Little River, Maragle, Rosewood, Talbingo, Tooma, Wondalga and Yarrangobilly.

The Snowy Valleys Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Mount Kosciuszko to Eden: Bundian Way^[5]
• Tumut, Adelong Falls Gold Workings^[6]
• Tumut, Cootamundra-Tumut railway: Tumut railway station^[7]
• Tumut, 46 Russell Street: Montreal Community Theatre^[8]
• Tumut, Tumut Plains Road: Junction Bridge, Tumut^[9]
• Rosewood, 1730 Tumbarumba Rd - Elm Cottage established c 1885.

At the 2021 census, there were 14,891 people in the Snowy Valleys local government area; of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. The median age of people in Snowy Valleys Council was 45 years; the national median is 38 years.^[10]

At the 2021 census, 42.0% of residents stated their ancestry as Australian. 65%^[a] nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity, which was significantly higher than the national average of 47.1%. 87.2% of households only speak English at home, higher than the national average of 72%.^[10]

More information Selected historical census data for Snowy Valleys local government area, Census year ...

Selected historical census data for Snowy Valleys local government area
Census year			2016[11]	2021[10]
Population		Estimated residents on census night	14,395	14,891
		LGA rank in terms of population size within New South Wales	77th	76th
		% of New South Wales population	0.19%	0.18%
		% of Australian population	0.06%	0.06%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Australian[b]	45.5%	42.0%
		English	38.9%	40.0%
		Irish	11.7%	11.6%
		Scottish	9.4%	9.7%
		German	4.6%	n/c
		Australian Aboriginal	0.7%	6.1%
Language, used at home (other than English)		Afrikaans	0.4%	0.6%
		Mandarin	0.4%	0.3%
		Filipino	0.2%	0.2%
		German	0.2%	n/c
		Thai	n/c	0.3%
		Wiradjuri	n/c	0.2%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Anglican	29.3%	23.8%
		Catholic	26.2%	23.5%
		No religion, so described[c]	18.8%	29.3%
		Not stated	12.1%	9.9%
		Presbyterian and Reformed	3.5%	2.8%
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Snowy Valleys Council consists of nine councillors elected proportionally as a single ward.

• Local government areas of New South Wales