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Greater Hume

Greater Hume Shire is situated in southern NSW. The Shire has several major settlements which are Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook, Jindera, and Walla Walla with smaller settlements in Brocklesby, Burrumbuttock, Gerogery, Gerogery West, Morven, Walbundrie, and Woomargama.

The Shire offers wineries, olive groves, museums, heritage locations, Wirraminna Environmental Education Centre, Gum Swamp, national parks and Doodle Cooma Swamp.

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:
39 Young Street
Holbrook NSW 2644
Postal Address:
PO Box 99, Holbrook NSW 2644
Phone: 02 6036 0100
Fax: 02 6036 2683
Email:
mail@greaterhume.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.greaterhume.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area

 Result
Population (No.) 11,582
Area (Km2) 5749.4
Council Classification Large Rural
OLG Group 11
State Planning Region Riverina Murray
JO Region Riverina

Your Council

 Result Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.) 9 9
Population per Councillor (No.) 1287 1527
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.) 177 184
2023/24 Revenue ($'000) 57346 77580
2023/24 Expenses ($'000) 46506 59013
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%) 21.5750823 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.) 15 10
Public Libraries (No.) 4 2.368421053
Open Public Space (ha) 117.5 234.8157895
Total Road Length (km) 2,081.93 1,756.78

Demographics of Population

under 20 years
20 - 59 years
60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

6.3%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population

 Latest Outcome Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%) 6.32664437 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 (%) 4 10.30370537
Speaks language other than English at home (%) 2.1 3.789473684
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high) 76 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 (%) 2.1 2.878947368
Avg Taxable Income ($) 52360 53906.31579
Avg Household Size (No.) 2.5 2.421052632
Value of DA's determined ($'000) 41038 47861
Active Businesses in LGA (No.) 1461 1621.263158

Largest Industry Employer

Agricutlure, Forestry & Fishing

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