Glen Innes Severn - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Glen Innes Severn

Glen Innes Severn is located in the New England area, is known as Celtic Country and is the home of the Australian Standing Stones, where the Australian Celtic Festival is celebrated.

The local economy is based on the livestock, agriculture, tourism and service sectors. There is also sapphire and other gem mining exploration in the area.

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:
265 Grey Street
Glen Innes NSW 2370

Postal Address:
PO Box 61, Glen Innes NSW 2370
Phone: 02 6730 2300
Fax: 02 6732 3764

Email:
council@gisc.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.gisc.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	8,978
Area (Km²)	5480
Council Classification	Large Rural
OLG Group	10
State Planning Region	New England North West
JO Region	New England

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	7	9
Population per Councillor (No.)	1283	855
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	146	120
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	50562	50781
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	34240	37197
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	29.89583333	22.6628294
Population Density (residents per Km²)	2	1.68

* 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.)	2	2
Public Halls (No.)	4	6
Public Libraries (No.)	1	1.608695652
Open Public Space (ha)	133	198.2795652
Total Road Length (km)	1,164.40	1,733.51

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

1.3^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	1.330176981	-0.924729073
Population aged under 20 years (%)	24.3	24.33698905
Population aged between 20 and 59 years (%)	43	43.04349818
Population aged 60 years and older (%)	32.6	32.61951277
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%)	9.7	12.34374739
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	2.3	2.908695652
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	5	39.82608696

Council Population Gender

Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander

Language Diversity

Rest of population

Your local population (%)

Your Local Economy	Result	Group Avg.
Unemployment Rate (%)	3.8	2.856521739
Avg Taxable Income ($)	36814	45141.69565
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.2	2.352173913
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	12674	24509
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	1148	926.3043478

Largest Industry Employer

Agricutlure, Forestry & Fishing