Federation - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Federation

Federation is located within an agriculturally rich and diverse area on the border of NSW and Victoria in the Southern Riverina region.

The area has productive wool, grain, lamb and beef cattle growing areas

Data for this website has been sourced from Council’s financial statements, Council’s annual report and Council’s data returns. The website also refers to data from a number of agencies and entities. Please refer to the data page of this website for links to definitions, information on performance measures, benchmarks, OLG Groups and the data sources that have been used.

Please contact Council if you would like any further details or explanations regarding individual results and any differences between your Council’s performance and that of another council.

Contacting Council

Address:
100 Edward Street
Corowa NSW 2646

Postal Address:
PO Box 77, Corowa NSW 2646
Phone: 02 6033 8999
Fax: 02 6033 3317

Email:
council@federationcouncil.nsw.gov.au

Web:
erationcouncil.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	13,075
Area (Km²)	5684.9
Council Classification	Large Rural
OLG Group	11
State Planning Region	Riverina Murray
JO Region	Riverina and Murray

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	9	9
Population per Councillor (No.)	1453	1527
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	163	184
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	73907	77580
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	51853	59013
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	24.97661366	21.11402632
Population Density (residents per Km²)	2	3.76

* A NSW council group is determined firstly by whether they are Urban or Rural in nature, and then by population size and density. Please refer to OLG Groups in data tab on website for more information on how individual councils are classified. An OLG group average is then calculated by the average of the same group number eg. All Group 5 Regional Towns/City or all Group 8 Rural.

Your Public Facilities	Result	Group Avg.
Public Swimming Pool Complexes (inc rock pools) (No.)	5	3
Public Halls (No.)	9	10
Public Libraries (No.)	3	2.368421053
Open Public Space (ha)	327.73	234.8157895
Total Road Length (km)	2,342.16	1,756.78

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

4.0^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	4.03634317	2.293715808
Population aged under 20 years (%)	25.4	25.3570505
Population aged between 20 and 59 years (%)	44.3	44.29847215
Population aged 60 years and older (%)	30.3	30.34447735
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%)	2.7	10.30370537
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	2.3	3.789473684
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	28	42.52631579

Council Population Gender

Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander

Language Diversity

Rest of population

Your local population (%)

Your Local Economy	Result	Group Avg.
Unemployment Rate (%)	3	2.878947368
Avg Taxable Income ($)	48902	53906.31579
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.3	2.421052632
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	46821	47861
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	1355	1621.263158

Largest Industry Employer

Agricutlure, Forestry & Fishing