Nambucca Shire

At the 2011 Census, there were 18,644 people in the Nambucca Shire local government area, of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.3% of the population, nearly treble the national average. The median age of people in the Nambucca Shire was 49 years; some twelve years higher than the national median. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.4% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.6% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.^[1]

Population growth in the Nambucca Shire between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 1.34%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census was 4.17%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Nambucca Shire local government area was significantly lower than the national average.^[3] The median weekly income for residents within the Nambucca Shire was significantly below the national average,^[1]^[4] being one of the factors that place parts of the Nambucca Shire in an area of social disadvantage.^[5]

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Nambucca Shire local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 82% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 58% of all residents in the Nambucca Shire nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 Census, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2%. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Nambucca Shire local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (3.5%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (93.8%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%). Of the 60 Australian residents who stated that they speak Gumbaynggir, an Australian Aboriginal language, over half live within the Nambucca Shire.^[1]

Selected historical census data for Nambucca local government area
Census year		2001^[3]	2006^[4]	2011^[1]
Population	Estimated residents on Census night	17,660	17,897	18,644
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales
	% of New South Wales population			0.27%
	% of Australian population	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian			33.4%
	English			32.6%
	Irish			8.7%
	Scottish			7.9%
	German			3.0%
Language, top responses (other than English)	German	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
	Gumbaynggir	n/c	0.1%	0.2%
	French	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
	Dutch	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
	Italian	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	Anglican	30.3%	28.1%	25.7%
	Catholic	22.1%	21.4%	21.8%
	No Religion	13.5%	17.8%	21.2%
	Presbyterian and Reformed	6.2%	5.8%	5.5%
	Uniting Church	6.8%	6.4%	5.3%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$296	A$377
Personal income	% of Australian median income		63.5%	65.3%
Family income	Median weekly family income		A$562	A$853
Family income	% of Australian median income		54.7%	57.6%
Household income	Median weekly household income		A$642	A$700
Household income	% of Australian median income		54.8%	56.7%

Council

Current composition and election method

Nambucca Shire Council is composed of nine Councillors, including the Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is directly elected while the eight other Councillors are elected proportionally as one entire ward. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council is as follows:^[2]^[6]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaffiliated	9
	Total	9

The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:^[6]

	Party	Notes
Rhonda Hoban	Unaligned	Mayor^[2]
John Ainsworth	Independent
Brian Finlayson	Unaligned
Bob Morrison	Independent
Kim Macdonald	Independent
Anne Smyth	Independent
Martin Ballangarry	Independent
Elaine South	Independent

References

1 2 3 4 5 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Nambucca (A)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
1 2 3 "Nambucca Shire Council - Mayoral Election". Local Government Election 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Nambucca (A)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Nambucca (A)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
↑ Horin, Adele (26 February 2007). "Economic boom bypasses nation's poor". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
1 2 "Nambucca Shire Council - Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Election 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

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