Tamworth Regional Council

At the 2011 census, there were 56,292 people in the Tamworth Regional local government area, of these 48.9 per cent were male and 51.1 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.4 per cent of the population, which was three times higher than the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The median age of people in the Tamworth Regional Council was 39 years, which was marginally higher than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 21.0 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 49.5 per cent were married and 12.3 per cent were either divorced or separated.^[1]

Population growth in the Tamworth Regional Council between the 2006 census and the 2011 census was 5.04 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.32 per cent, population growth in the Tamworth Regional local government area was slightly lower than the national average.^[3] The median weekly income for residents within the Tamworth Regional Council was significantly lower than the national average.^[1]

At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Tamworth Regional local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 87 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 72% of all residents in the Tamworth Regional Council 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 Tamworth Regional local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (3.0 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (93.5 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).^[1]

Selected historical census data for the Tamworth Regional local government area
Census year		2001	2006^[3]	2011^[1]
Population	Estimated residents on Census night	n/a	53,590	56,292
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales		43rd
	% of New South Wales population		0.80%	0.81%
	% of Australian population	n/a	0.27%	0.26%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian			37.5%
	English			31.0%
	Irish			8.5%
	Scottish			7.3%
	German			3.2%
Language, top responses (other than English)	Tagalog		n/c	0.1%
	Cantonese		0.1%	0.1%
	Mandarin		0.1%	0.1%
	German		0.1%	0.1%
	Italian		0.1%	0.1%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	Anglican		38.4%	36.2%
	Catholic		26.5%	25.9%
	No Religion		9.5%	12.6%
	Uniting Church		6.3%	5.5%
	Presbyterian and Reformed		5.3%	5.0%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$405	A$515
Personal income	% of Australian median income		86.9%	89.3%
Family income	Median weekly family income		A$1,041	A$1,181
Family income	% of Australian median income		88.9%	79.7%
Household income	Median weekly household income		A$818	A$958
Household income	% of Australian median income		79.6%	77.6%

Council

Tamworth Regional Council chambers, in Tamworth.

Current composition and election method

Tamworth Regional Council is composed of nine Councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council is as follows:^[4]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	9
	Total	9

The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:^[4]

	Party	Notes
Col Murray	Independent	Mayor^[5]
Russell Webb	Independent	Deputy Mayor^[5]
James Treloar	Independent
Warren Woodley	Unaligned
Helen Tickle	Independent
Tim Coates	Unaligned
Juanita Wilson	Independent
Mark Rodda	Unaligned
Phil Betts	Unaligned

Proposed amalgamation

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the Tamworth Regional Council merge with the Walcha Shire to form a new council with an area of 16,146 square kilometres (6,234 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 64,000.^[6] The outcome of an independent review is expected to be completed by mid–2016.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tamworth Regional (A)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
↑ "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10 - Environment/Energy". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Tamworth Regional (A)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
1 2 "Tamworth Regional Council: Summary of First Preference and Group Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
1 2 van Aanholt, Jacqueline (25 September 2012). "Tamworth mayoral team back in the saddle unopposed". The Northern Daily Leader. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
↑ "Merger proposal: Tamworth Regional Council, Walcha Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

Suburbs and towns in the Tamworth Regional Council local government area

Suburbs of Tamworth	Tamworth Calala Daruka Duri East Tamworth Hallsville Hillvue Kingswood Moore Creek Nemingha North Tamworth Oxley Vale South Tamworth Taminda Tamworth Central Business District Tintinhull Westdale West Tamworth

Other towns and villages	Attunga Barraba Bendemeer Duri Kootingal Manilla Somerton Moonbi Niangala Nundle Woolomin

New England region of New South Wales, Australia

Federal divisions	New England Parkes

State electorates	Barwon Northern Tablelands Tamworth

Local government areas	Armidale Dumaresq Glen Innes Severn Gunnedah Guyra Gwydir Inverell Liverpool Plains Moree Plains Tamworth Tenterfield Uralla Walcha

Cities	Armidale Tamworth

Townships and villages	Ardglen Ashford Attunga Barraba Bendemeer Ben Lomond Bingara Black Mountain Bolivia Bonshaw Brackendale Breeza Bukkulla Bundarra Carroll Coolatai Croppa Creek Curlewis Dangarsleigh Deepwater Delungra Dorrigo Drake Dundee Dungowan Duri Ebor Elsmore Emerald Hill Emmaville Gilgai Glencoe Glen Innes Graman Gravesend Gunnedah Guyra Hanging Rock Hillgrove Inverell Invergowrie Jennings Kellys Plains Kelvin Kentucky Kootingal Kingstown Legume Limbri Liston Llangothlin Manilla Mingoola Mole River Moonbi Mount Russell Mullaley Niangala North Star Nowendoc Nundle Red Range Rocky River Sandy Flat Somerton Stannifer Stannum Stonehenge Tambar Springs Tenterfield Tia Tingha Torrington Upper Horton Uralla Urbenville Walcha Walcha Road Wallabadah Wallangra Wandsworth Warialda Warialda Rail Weabonga Wellingrove Werris Creek Willow Tree Wollomombi Wollun Woolbrook Yarrowitch Yarrowyck Yetman

National parks and other conservation areas	Bald Rock Basket Swamp Boonoo Boonoo Bundarra-Barraba Important Bird Area Carrai Cathedral Rock Chaelundi Cottan-Bimbang Cunnawarra Ebor Falls Gibraltar Range Guy Fawkes River Kings Plains Kwiambal Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Mummel Gulf New England Nowendoc Nymboida Oxley Wild Rivers Warrabah Washpool Werrikimbe

Rivers	Aberfoyle Apsley Back Barnard Beardy Blicks Blue Mountain Bobo Boonoo Boonoo Boyd Cells Chandler Chandlers Clouds Commissioners Cooplacurripa Curricabark Dyke Gara Georges Guy Fawkes Gwydir Hastings Kunderang Little Murray Little Nymboida Macleay Manning Maryland Moredun Mummel Nowendoc Nowlands Oaky Oban Rocky Rowleys Sara Severn Styx Tia Timbarra Tobins Towallum Urumbilum Walcrow Warnes Wollomombi Yarrow Yarrowitch

Ranges and mountains	Barren Ben Lomond Dorrigo Plateau Duval Grundy Hyland Moonbi Range Point Lookout Round Thunderbolts Range Tia Range Yarrowyck

Tourist attractions	Apsley Falls Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre Dangar Falls Ebor Falls Newell Falls Sherrard Falls Tamworth Country Music Festival Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre Wollomombi Falls

Local government areas of New South Wales

Metropolitan Sydney

Inner Sydney	Ashfield Botany Bay Hunter's Hill Lane Cove Leichhardt Manly Marrickville Mosman North Sydney Randwick Rockdale Sydney Waverley Willoughby Woollahra

Outer Sydney	Auburn Bankstown Blacktown Burwood Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay Canterbury Fairfield The Hills Holroyd Hornsby Hurstville Kogarah Ku-ring-gai Liverpool Parramatta Penrith Pittwater Ryde Strathfield Sutherland Warringah

Sydney Surrounds	Blue Mountains Gosford Hawkesbury Wollondilly Wyong

Mid North Coast

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Hunter

Illawarra

Richmond Tweed

Southeastern

Northern

Central West

North Western

Far West

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