Muswellbrook Shire

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Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Muswellbrook Shire is a local government area in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is situated adjacent to the New England Highway and the Hunter railway line.

Muswellbrook Shire was established on 1 July 1979 from the amalgamation of the Municipality of Muswellbrook with the adjacent Denman Shire,[2] which had been called Muswellbrook Shire between 1907 and 1968.[3][4]

The mayor of the Muswellbrook Shire Council is Cr. Jeffrey Drayton.

Main towns and villages

The Shire includes Muswellbrook, Denman, Baerami, McCullys Gap, Martindale, Muscle Creek, Sandy Hollow, Widden and Wybong.[5]

Coal mining

Muswellbrook started as coal mining town in late 1800s and began open cut mining in 1944. The oldest coal was opened in 1906.[6]

Heritage listings

The Muswellbrook Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Demographics

At the 2011 census, there were 15,791 people in the Muswellbrook Shire local government area, of these 51.7 per cent were male and 48.3 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4 per cent of the population, which was significantly higher than the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The median age of people in the Muswellbrook Shire was 34 years, which was lower than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 22.8 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 47.0 per cent were married and 11.8 per cent were either divorced or separated.[15]

Population growth in the Muswellbrook Shire between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 3.25 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 3.64 per cent. 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 Muswellbrook Shire local government area was approximately half the national average.[16][17] The median weekly income for residents within the Muswellbrook Shire was marginally higher than the national average.[15]

At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Muswellbrook Shire local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 81 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 68% of all residents in the Muswellbrook Shire nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census, which was considerably higher than the national average of 50.2 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Muswellbrook Shire local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (4.3 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (89.7 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).[15]

Selected historical census data for the Muswellbrook Shire local government area
Census year 2001[16] 2006[17] 2011[15]
Population Estimated residents on Census night 14,756 15,236 15,791
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales
% of New South Wales population 0.23%
% of Australian population 0.08% Steady 0.08% Decrease 0.07%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses		 Australian 36.2%
English 30.4%
Irish 8.1%
Scottish 6.6%
German 2.9%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)		 Shona n/c Steady n/c Increase 0.2%
Cantonese 0.1% Steady 0.1% Increase 0.2%
Italian 0.1% Steady 0.1% Steady 0.1%
Thai n/c Increase 0.1% Steady 0.1%
Mandarin n/c Increase 0.1% Steady 0.1%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses		 Anglican 40.3% Decrease 37.5% Decrease 35.6%
Catholic 28.0% Decrease 27.7% Decrease 26.1%
No Religion 7.6% Increase 11.0% Increase 13.9%
Uniting Church 5.2% Decrease 4.4% Decrease 3.9%
Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8% Decrease 3.2% Decrease 3.1%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income Median weekly personal income A$453 A$619
% of Australian median income 97.2% Increase 107.3%
Family income Median weekly family income Template:AUD1,213 Template:AUD1,697
% of Australian median income 103.6% Increase 114.6%
Household income Median weekly household income Template:AUD1,060 Template:AUD1,399
% of Australian median income 103.2% Increase 113.4%

Council

Current composition and election method

Muswellbrook Shire Council is composed of twelve 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 11 January 2022 and the makeup of the council is as follows:[18]

Party Councillors
Template:Australian party style|  Independents and Unaligned 12
Total 12

The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election, is:[19]

Councillor Party Notes
Template:Australian party style |  Max MORRIS Independent
Template:Australian party style |  Jeffrey DRAYTON Independent Mayor
Template:Australian party style |  De-Anne DOUGLAS Independent Deputy Mayor
Rohit MAHAJAN Independent
Template:Australian party style |  Louise DUNN Independent
Template:Australian party style |  Rod SCHOLES Independent
Template:Australian party style |  Clare BAILEY Independent
Template:Australian party style |  Darryl MARSHALL Independent
Amanda BARRY Independent
Graeme MCNEILL Independent
Template:Australian party style |  Stephen WARD
Template:Australian party style |  David HARTLEY Independent
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Mayors

The following is a list of mayors since the Shire of Denman amalgamated with the Municipality of Muswellbrook to form Muswellbrook Shire Council on 1 July 1979.[20][18]

Councillor Party Term of office
Template:Australian party style|  J.H. Jobling Unaligned 1979
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Template:Australian party style|  E.I. Wolfgang Unaligned 1986
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Template:Australian party style|  I.E. Seymour Unaligned 1989
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Template:Australian party style|  J.E. Colvin Unaligned 1999
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Template:Australian party style|  Martin Rush Unaligned 2008
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Template:Australian party style|  Rod Scholes Unaligned 2021
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Steven Reynolds 2022-2024
Jeffrey Drayton 2024-present

References

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