Leeton - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Leeton

Leeton Shire is located in the Riverina region of NSW and includes the towns of Yanco and Whitton and the villages of Murrami and Wamoon. The Shire plays an integral role in value-added agricultural processing, agriculture, education and research, transport and logistics. Leeton lays claim as the birth place of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and was purposely built as part of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme.

Leeton is renowned as the Heart of SunRice Country and is home to the SunRice Headquarters. Whilst the region was founded on irrigated crops and horticulture, large industries in the processing and value-added sectors now employ more people than agriculture.

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:
23-25 Chelmsford Place
Leeton NSW 2705

Postal Address:
23-25 Chelmsford Place, Leeton NSW 2705
Phone: 02 6953 0911
Fax: 02 6953 0977

Email:
council@leeton.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.leeton.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	11,438
Area (Km²)	1167.2
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.)	1271	1527
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	146	184
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	44748	77580
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	38352	59013
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	20.35485461	21.11402632
Population Density (residents per Km²)	10	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.)	2	3
Public Halls (No.)	7	10
Public Libraries (No.)	1	2.368421053
Open Public Space (ha)	97.37	234.8157895
Total Road Length (km)	905.90	1,756.78

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

0.1^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	-0.122324159	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 (%)	8.9	10.30370537
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	9.7	3.789473684
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	25	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	2.878947368
Avg Taxable Income ($)	54302	53906.31579
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.5	2.421052632
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	19128	47861
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	982	1621.263158

Largest Industry Employer

Manufacturing/Transport