Guyra Shire

At the 2011 census, there were 4,397 people in the Guyra local government area, of these an approximately equal number were males and females. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 10 per cent of the population which is four times above both the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The median age of people in the Guyra Shire was 41 years; slightly higher than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 22.0 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 49.3 per cent were married and 11.9 per cent were either divorced or separated.^[1]

Between the 2001 census and the 2011 census the Guyra Shire experienced negative population growth in both absolute and real terms. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78 per cent and 8.32 per cent respectively, population growth in the Guyra local government area was significantly lower than the national average.^[4] The median weekly income for residents within the Guyra Shire was significantly below the national average.^[1]^[5]

At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Guyra local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 90 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 77 per cent of all residents in the Guyra Shire nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census, which was significantly higher than the national average of 50.2 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Guyra local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (1.6 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (94.8 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).^[1]

Selected historical census data

Selected historical census data for Guyra Shire local government area
Census year		2001^[4]	2006^[5]	2011^[1]
Population	Estimated residents on Census night	4,201	4,229	4,397
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales		131st
	% of New South Wales population		0.10%	0.06%
	% of Australian population	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian			38.6%
	English			31.9%
	Irish			8.8%
	Scottish			7.2%
	German			3.5%
Language, top responses (other than English)	German	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
	Tongan	n/c	n/c	0.1%
	Romanian	0.1%	n/c	0.1%
	Sinhalese	n/c	n/c	0.1%
	Italian	n/c	0.1%	0.1%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	Anglican	40.5%	38.4%	35.2%
	Catholic	22.7%	22.4%	23.0%
	No Religion	7.3%	9.9%	13.6%
	Presbyterian and Reformed	8.5%	7.9%	7.1%
	Uniting Church	4.7%	4.3%	4.1%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$352	A$418
Personal income	% of Australian median personal income		75.5%	72.4%
Family income	Median weekly family income		A$896	A$985
Family income	% of Australian median family income		76.5%	66.5%
Household income	Median weekly household income		A$704	A$805
Household income	% of Australian median household income		68.5%	65.2%

Council

Current composition and election method

Guyra Shire Council is composed of six councillors elected proportionally. The shire is divided into three wards, each electing two councillors. The mayor is not directly elected.^[6] The current makeup of the council is as follows:^[6]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaffiliated	6
	Total	6

The current council, elected in 2008, is:^[6]

Ward		Party	Notes
A Ward	Audrey McArdle	Unaffiliated	Deputy Mayor^[3]
A Ward	David McRae	Unaffiliated
B Ward	Dot Vickery	Unaffiliated
B Ward	Hans Hietbrink	Unaffiliated	Mayor^[3]
C Ward	Bruce Howlett	Unaffiliated
C Ward	Shane Davidson	Independent

Proposed amalgamation

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the Guyra Shire Council merge with adjoining councils. The government considered two proposals. The first proposed a merger of the Guyra Shire and the Armidale Dumaresq Shire merge to form a new council with an area of 8,621 square kilometres (3,329 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 30,000.^[7] The alternative, proposed by the Armidale Dumaresq Council on 1 March 2016, was for an amalgamation of the Armidale Dumaresq, Guyra, Uralla and Walcha councils.^[8] The outcome of the independent review is expected by mid–2016.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Guyra (A)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
↑ "Guyra Shire Council". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 3 December 2006.
1 2 3 Stewart, Janelle (26 September 2013). "Hietbrink back on track". The Guyra Argus. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Guyra (A)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Guyra (A)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
1 2 3 "Guyra Shire Council". 2008 Election results. Electoral Commission NSW. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
↑ "Merger proposal: Armidale Dumaresq Council and Guyra Shire Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
↑ Armidale Dumaresq Council (1 March 2016). "Merger proposal: Armidale Dumaresq Council, Guyra Shire Council, Uralla Shire Council and Walcha Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

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