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Brewarrina Shire

{{About|the local government area|the regional town|Brewarrina, New South Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Brewarrina Shire

| state = nsw

| image = Brewarrina LGA NSW.png

| caption = Location in New South Wales

| pop = 1651

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA11200 |name=Brewarrina (A) |access-date=7 July 2017 |quick=on}}

| pop2 = 1,356

| pop2_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop2_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA11200 |name=Brewarrina (A) |access-date=18 April 2024 |quick=on}}

| density =

| area = 19188

| est =

| coordinates = {{coord|29|57.6|S|146|51.6|E|scale:300000_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}}

| seat = Brewarrina

| mayor = {{nowrap|Vivian Slack-Smith (Independent)}}

| region = Orana

| logo = Brewarinna Shire Council Logo.jpg

| url = http://www.brewarrina.nsw.gov.au

| stategov = Barwon

| fedgov = Parkes

| near-nw = Paroo (Qld)

| near-n = Balonne (Qld)

| near-ne = Balonne (Qld)

| near-e = Walgett

| near-w = Bourke

| near-sw = Cobar

| near-s = Bogan

| near-se = Warren

}}

Brewarrina Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Darling River, which is known as the Barwon River upstream from Bourke; and located adjacent to the Kamilaroi Highway. The northern boundary of the Shire is located adjacent to the border between New South Wales and Queensland. The Shire is a wool and cotton growing area.

Towns and villages

Brewarrina Shire includes Brewarrina and the villages of Gongolgon, Angledool and Goodooga and the ghost town of Tarcoon.

Demographics

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003–04, there were 500 wage and salary earners (ranked 163rd in New South Wales and 528th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's 2,558,415 and Australia's 7,831,856) with a total income of $17 million (ranked 162nd in New South Wales and 527nd in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's $107 billion and Australia's $304 billion). It was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $33,530 (ranked 90th in New South Wales and 302nd in Australia, 81% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 86% of Australia's $38,820) and that median income per wage and salary earner of $32,230 (ranked 73rd in New South Wales and 245th in Australia, 91% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 94% of Australia's $34,149).{{cite web | publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |title=Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia (catalogue no.: 5673.055.003) |url=http://abs.gov.au |access-date=11 March 2007}}

class="wikitable"
colspan=7|Selected historical census data for Brewarrina Shire local government area
colspan=3|Census year2001{{Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA11200 |name=Brewarrina (A) |access-date=22 April 2020 |quick=on}}2006{{Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA11200 |name=Brewarrina (A) |accessdate=22 April 2020 |quick=on}}2011{{Census 2011 AUS|id=LGA11200 |name=Brewarrina (A) |access-date=22 October 2012 |quick=on}}2016
rowspan=4 colspan="2"|PopulationEstimated residents on census nightalign="right"|{{formatnum:2056}}align="right"|{{decrease}} {{formatnum:1944}}align="right"|{{decrease}} {{formatnum:1766}}align="right"|{{decrease}} {{formatnum:1651}}
align="right"|LGA rank in terms of size within New South Walesalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|{{nts|129}}{{small|th}}align="right"|{{gain}} {{nts|128}}{{small|th}}
align="right"|% of New South Wales populationalign="right"|0.03%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.03%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.03%align="right"|{{loss}} 0.02%
align="right"|% of Australian populationalign="right"|0.010%align="right"|{{steady}} 0.010%align="right"|{{loss}} 0.008%align="right"|{{loss}} 0.007%
colspan=3|Cultural and language diversity
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Ancestry,
top responses		Australianalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|29.7%align="right"|{{gain}} 30.0%
Australian Aboriginalalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|31.2%align="right"|{{loss}} 27.2%
Englishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|15.8%align="right"|{{gain}} 17.8%
Irishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|6.1%align="right"|{{gain}} 6.9%
Scottishalign="right"|align="right"|align="right"|3.9%align="right"|{{gain}} 4.6%
rowspan=3 colspan=2|Language,
top responses
(other than English)		Malayalamalign="right"|n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{gain}} 0.5%
Swedishalign="right"|n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{gain}} 0.2%
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, necalign="right"|n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{gain}} 0.3%align="right"|{{loss}} 0.2%
colspan=3|Religious affiliation
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Religious affiliation,
top responses		No Religionalign="right"|8.5%align="right"|{{gain}} 15.2%align="right"|{{gain}} 20.7%align="right"|{{gain}} 28.5%
Catholicalign="right"|34.4%align="right"|{{loss}} 27.4%align="right"|{{gain}} 29.6%align="right"|{{loss}} 26.3%
Anglicanalign="right"|35.9%align="right"|{{loss}} 33.3%align="right"|{{loss}} 29.0%align="right"|{{loss}} 20.9%
Not Statedalign="right"|n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{gain}} 14.0%
Christian, nfdalign="right"|n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{steady}} n/calign="right"|{{gain}} 2.2%
colspan=3|Median weekly incomes
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Personal incomeMedian weekly personal incomealign="right"|align="right"|A$316align="right"|A$369align="right"|A$439
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|67.8%align="right"|{{loss}} 64.0%align="right"|{{gain}} 66.3%
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Family incomeMedian weekly family incomealign="right"|align="right"|{{AUD}}{{formatnum:760}}align="right"|{{AUD}}{{formatnum:782}}align="right"|{{AUD}}{{formatnum:923}}
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|64.9%align="right"|{{loss}} 52.8%align="right"|{{gain}} 53.2%
rowspan=2 colspan=2| Household incomeMedian weekly household incomealign="right"|align="right"|{{AUD}}{{formatnum:713}}align="right"|{{AUD}}{{formatnum:791}}align="right"|{{AUD}}{{formatnum:864}}
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|align="right"|69.4%align="right"|{{loss}} 64.1%align="right"|{{loss}} 60.1%

Council

=Current composition and election method=

File:AU-NSW-Brewarrina-Shire council chambers-2021.jpg

Brewarrina Shire 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:{{Cite web |date=21 December 2021 |title=Brewarrina – Councillor Election results |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/brewarrina/councillor |access-date=18 March 2022 |publisher=NSW Electoral Commission}}

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|PartyCouncillors
{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Independents and Unaligned

| align=right | 8

{{Australian party style|Greens}}| 

| Greens

| align=right | 1

| Total

| align=right | 9

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|CouncillorPartyNotes
{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Vivian Slack-Smith

| Independent

| Elected 2017. Mayor.

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Angelo Pippos

| Unaligned

| Elected 2008. Deputy Mayor.

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Thomas Stanton

| Independent

| Elected 2014.

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Douglas Gordon

| Independent

| Elected 2021.

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Mark Brown

| Unaligned

| Elected 2008.

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Noel Sheridan

| Independent

| Elected 2021.

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Isaac Gordon

| Independent

| Elected 2016.

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Donna Jeffries

| Unaligned

|Elected 2017.

{{Australian party style|Greens}}| 

| Trish Frail

| Greens

|Elected 2021.

Election results

=2024=

{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Orana|section=Brewarrina results}}

=2021=

{{excerpt|Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Orana|section=Brewarrina}}

See also

{{Portal|New South Wales}}

References

{{commons category|Brewarrina Shire}}

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{{Local Government Areas of New South Wales}}

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Category:Local government areas of New South Wales

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