Tamworth Regional Council

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Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Tamworth Regional Council is a local government area in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The area under administration is located adjacent to the New England Highway and the Main North railway line. It was established in March 2004 through the amalgamation of the former City of Tamworth with surrounding shires of Barraba, Manilla, Nundle and Parry.[3]

The mayor of Tamworth Regional Council is Cr. Russell Webb, who was elected (by councillors) despite earning only 6.73% of the community's first preference votes, compared to Mark Rodda, who earned 25.63% of the community's first preference votes.

The current Member for the state electoral district of Tamworth is Kevin Anderson, a member of the National Party.[4]

Towns and villages

The area includes the city of Tamworth and the towns and villages of Attunga, Barraba, Bendemeer, Dungowan, Duri, Kootingal, Limbri, Manilla, Moonbi, Niangala, Nundle, Ogunbil, Somerton, Upper Manilla and Woolbrook.

Suburbs

Heritage listings

Tamworth Region has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Demographics

At the Template:CensusAU, there were 63,070 people in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area, of these 49.0 per cent identified as male and 51.0 per cent identified as female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.7 per cent of the population, which was greater than three times higher than the national average of 3.2 per cent. The median age of people in the Tamworth Regional Council was 39 years, which was marginally higher than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.2 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.8 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 44.6 per cent were married and 11.8 per cent were either divorced or separated.[2]

Population growth in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area between the 2011 Census and the 2016 Census was 6.0 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area was slightly lower than the national average.[13]

The median weekly income for residents within the Tamworth Regional Council was lower than the national average, this downwards trend compared to the national average was also seen with personal and family incomes.[2]

At the 2021 Census, the proportion of residents in the Tamworth Regional local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon was about 83.3 per cent of all residents (the national average was around 62.9 per cent). About 49.2% of all residents in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2021 Census, which was higher than the national average of approximately 32.4 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the 2021 Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area had a significantly lower than average proportion (6.8 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (the national average was 24.8 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (87.2 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (the national average was 72.0 per cent).[2]

Selected historical Census data for the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area
Census year 2001 2006[14] 2011[15] 2016[13] 2021[2]
Population Estimated residents on Census night n/a 53,590 Increase 56,292 Increase 59,663 Increase 63,070
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales 43rd Increase 40th
% of New South Wales population 0.80% Increase 0.81% Decrease 0.80% Decrease 0.78%
% of Australian population n/a 0.27% Decrease 0.26% Steady 0.26% Decrease 0.24%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses		 Australian 37.5% Decrease 35.9% Increase 43.6%
English 31.0% Decrease 30.1% Increase 39.7%
Irish 8.5% Increase 8.6% Increase 10.7%
Scottish 7.3% Increase 7.4% Increase 9.7%
German 3.2% Steady 3.2% -
Language,
top responses
(other than English)		 Tagalog n/c Increase 0.1% Increase 0.4% Increase 0.5%
Cantonese 0.1% Steady 0.1% Increase 0.2% -
Mandarin 0.1% Steady 0.1% Increase 0.4% Increase 0.7%
Filipino 0.2% -
German 0.1% Steady 0.1% - -
Italian 0.1% Steady 0.1% - -
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses		 Anglican 38.4% Decrease 36.2% Decrease 30.0% Decrease 24.0%
Catholic 26.5% Decrease 25.9% Decrease 24.4% Decrease 21.8%
No Religion 9.5% Increase 12.6% Increase 19.3% Increase 31.1%
Uniting Church 6.3% Decrease 5.5% Decrease 4.4% Decrease 3.4%
Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3% Decrease 5.0% - -
Median weekly incomes
Personal income Median weekly personal income $405 Increase $515 Increase $633 Increase $755
% of Australian median income 86.9% Increase 89.3% Increase 95.3% Increase 93.7%
Family income Median weekly family income Template:AUD1,041 Template:AUD1,181 Template:AUD1,446 Increase $1,821
% of Australian median income 88.9% Decrease 79.7% Increase 81.2% Increase 85.8%
Household income Median weekly household income Template:AUD818 Template:AUD958 Template:AUD1,180 Increase $1,416
% of Australian median income 79.6% Decrease 77.6% Increase 79.4% Increase 81.0%

Council

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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 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:[16]

Party Councillors
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Total 9

The current council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:[16]

Councillor Party Notes
Template:Australian party style|  Bede Bourke Template:Australian politics/name Deputy Mayor[17]
Template:Australian party style|  Russell Webb Template:Australian politics/name Mayor[17]
Template:Australian party style|  Mark Rodda Template:Australian politics/name
Template:Australian party style|  Marc Sutherland Template:Australian politics/name
Template:Australian party style|  Phil Betts Template:Australian politics/name
Template:Australian party style|  Helen Tickle Template:Australian politics/name
Template:Australian party style|  Brooke Southwell Template:Australian politics/name
Template:Australian party style|  Stephen Meares Template:Australian politics/name
Template:Australian party style|  Judy Coates Template:Australian politics/name

Election results

2024

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References

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