Tamworth Regional Council

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Tamworth Regional Council
New South Wales
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Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 31°05′S150°55′E / 31.083°S 150.917°E / -31.083; 150.917
Population63,070 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density6.3746/km2 (16.5101/sq mi)
EstablishedMarch 2004 [2]
Area9,894 km2 (3,820.1 sq mi) [3]
MayorRussell Webb
Council seat Tamworth
Region New England
State electorate(s) Tamworth
Federal division(s) New England
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Website Tamworth Regional Council
LGAs around Tamworth Regional Council:
Narrabri Gwydir Uralla
Gunnedah Tamworth Regional Council Walcha
Liverpool Plains Liverpool Plains Upper Hunter

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. [4]

Contents

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. [5]

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 2021 census, 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. [1]

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. [14]

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. [1]

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). [1]

Selected historical Census data for the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area
Census year20012006 [15] 2011 [16] 2016 [14] 2021 [1]
PopulationEstimated residents on Census nightn/a53,590Increase2.svg 56,292Increase2.svg 59,663Increase2.svg 63,070
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales 43rdIncrease2.svg 40th
% of New South Wales population0.80%Increase2.svg 0.81%Decrease2.svg 0.80%Decrease2.svg 0.78%
% of Australian populationn/a0.27%Decrease2.svg 0.26%Steady2.svg 0.26%Decrease2.svg 0.24%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses		 Australian 37.5%Decrease2.svg 35.9%Increase2.svg 43.6%
English 31.0%Decrease2.svg 30.1%Increase2.svg 39.7%
Irish 8.5%Increase2.svg 8.6%Increase2.svg 10.7%
Scottish 7.3%Increase2.svg 7.4%Increase2.svg 9.7%
German 3.2%Steady2.svg 3.2%-
Language,
top responses
(other than English)		 Tagalog n/cIncrease2.svg 0.1%Increase2.svg 0.4%Increase2.svg 0.5%
Cantonese 0.1%Steady2.svg 0.1%Increase2.svg 0.2%-
Mandarin 0.1%Steady2.svg 0.1%Increase2.svg 0.4%Increase2.svg 0.7%
Filipino 0.2%-
German 0.1%Steady2.svg 0.1%--
Italian 0.1%Steady2.svg 0.1%--
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses		 Anglican 38.4%Decrease2.svg 36.2%Decrease2.svg 30.0%Decrease2.svg 24.0%
Catholic 26.5%Decrease2.svg 25.9%Decrease2.svg 24.4%Decrease2.svg 21.8%
No Religion 9.5%Increase2.svg 12.6%Increase2.svg 19.3%Increase2.svg 31.1%
Uniting Church 6.3%Decrease2.svg 5.5%Decrease2.svg 4.4%Decrease2.svg 3.4%
Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%Decrease2.svg 5.0%--
Median weekly incomes
Personal incomeMedian weekly personal income$405Increase2.svg $515Increase2.svg $633Increase2.svg $755
% of Australian median income86.9%Increase2.svg 89.3%Increase2.svg 95.3%Increase2.svg 93.7%
Family incomeMedian weekly family incomeA$1,041A$1,181A$1,446Increase2.svg $1,821
% of Australian median income88.9%Decrease2.svg 79.7%Increase2.svg 81.2%Increase2.svg 85.8%
Household income Median weekly household incomeA$818A$958A$1,180Increase2.svg $1,416
% of Australian median income79.6%Decrease2.svg 77.6%Increase2.svg 79.4%Increase2.svg 81.0%

Council

Tamworth Regional Council chambers, in Tamworth. Tamworth RC.JPG
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: [17]

PartyCouncillors
  Independent 7
  Independent National 1
  Labor 1
Total9

The current council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is: [17]

CouncillorPartyNotes
 Bede Bourke Independent National Deputy Mayor [18]
 Russell Webb Independent Mayor [18]
 Mark Rodda Independent
 Marc Sutherland Independent
 Phil Betts Independent
 Helen Tickle Independent
 Brooke Southwell Independent
 Stephen Meares Labor
 Judy Coates Independent

Election results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in New England § Tamworth results.[ edit ]
2024 New South Wales local elections: Tamworth [19] [20] [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mark Rodda (elected 1)9,52325.6+7.9
Labor 1. Stephen Mears (elected 2)
2. Laura Hughes
3. Thomas Robinson
4. Denise McHugh
5. Sergio Rindo		6,68018.0+4.4
Greens 1. Ryan Brooke (elected 9)
2. Gemma-Lea Tolmie
3. Sewa Emojong
4. Robin Gunning
5. Catherine Fogarty		3,1838.6+8.6
Independent Russell Webb (elected 4)2,5006.7−4.1
Independent Brendon North (elected 3)2,2466.0+6.0
Independent Jeffrey Budd (elected 5)2,0395.5+5,5
Independent Marc Sutherland (elected 8)1,7144.6−5.6
Independent Charles Impey (elected 7)1,6114.3+0.8
Independent Matt Sharpam (elected 6)1,5824.3+4.3
Independent National Bede Burke1,5734.2−7.6
Independent Judy Coates1,4744.0+0.7
Independent Ray Tait8082.2−1.0
Independent National Heidi Williamson7542.0+2.0
Independent Marie Fenn5821.6+1.6
Independent National Daniel Gillett5661.5+1.5
Independent Greg Meyer3180.9+0.9
Total formal votes37,15392.8+0.5
Informal votes2,8877.2−0.5
Turnout 40,04086.0+0.1

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