Kyogle Council is a

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in the

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region of

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, Australia. The council services an area of and is located adjacent to the Summerland Way and the North Coast railway line, within two hours drive from

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and one hour from the

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Gold Coast and the NSW coastal communities of , and

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. Kyogle Council comprises a large and diverse region with natural attributes, including the

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and other world heritage listed areas, and cultural features. The

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of Kyogle Council is Danielle Mulholland. In 2015, Kyogle Council was deemed 'not fit for future' by the New South Wales government's Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal and was urged to merge with a nearby council, although the NSW government backflipped later in 2015 and allowed the council to continue in its current form.

Towns and localities

Heritage listings

The Kyogle Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: *

High Conservation Value Old Growth forest The High Conservation Value Old Growth forest is a heritage-listed forest located across twelve local government areas in the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, and New England regions of New South Wales, Australia. The conservation area is also ...

* Cougal, 871.00 km Border Loop, North Coast railway: Cougal Spiral

Election results

2024

2021

Demographics

At the 2011 census, there were people in the Kyogle local government area, of these 50.3 per cent were male and 49.7 per cent were female.

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made up 5.3 per cent of the population, which was significantly higher than the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The

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age of people in the Kyogle Council area was 45 years, which was significantly higher than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.1 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.6 per cent were married and 15.1 per cent were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the Kyogle Council area between the and the was 1.06 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, the population declined 0.3 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78 per cent and 8.32 per cent respectively, population growth in the Kyogle local government area was significantly lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Kyogle Council area was significantly lower than the national average. At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Kyogle local government area who stated their

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exceeded 85 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 23 per cent of all residents in the Kyogle Council at the 2011 census nominated no

religious Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural ...

affiliation, compared to the national average of 22.3 per cent. Meanwhile, affiliation with

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was 55 per cent, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2 per cent. As at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Kyogle local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (3.5 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (92.9 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).

References

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