Clarence Valley Council is a local government area in the

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, Australia. The council services an area of and draws its name from the Clarence River, which flows through most of the council area. The area under management is adjacent to the Pacific Highway, the

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and the North Coast railway line. The Clarence Valley region includes the coastal plain and lower valleys of the Clarence and

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. Most of the valley is agricultural; however, the oceanside towns of Yamba and Iluka are popular holiday resorts. The council was formed in February 2004 by the amalgamation of the City of Grafton and Maclean Shire, and parts of Copmanhurst, Pristine Waters and Richmond Valley local government areas, and the activities of North Coast Water and Clarence River County Council. The

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of Clarence Valley Council is Ian Tiley, an

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Towns and localities

Towns and localities in the Clarence Valley Council are: * Grafton * South Grafton * Alumy Creek * Angourie * Banyabba *

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* Billys Creek * Brooms Head *

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* Carrs Island * Chatsworth * Clouds Creek * Coaldale *

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* Copmanhurst * Coutts Crossing * Cowper * Dalmorton * Diggers Camp * Dundurrabin * Eatonsville * Gilletts Ridge * Glenreagh * Glenugie *

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* Gulmarrad * Gurranang * Harwood * Iluka * Junction Hill * Koolkhan * Kungala * Lanitza *

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* Minnie Water * Mororo * Mountain View * Nymboida * Palmers Channel * Palmers Island * Punchbowl * Rushforth * Sandon * Seelands * Shark Creek * South Arm *

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* Southgate * Stockyard Creek * Swan Creek *

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* Trenayr * Tucabia * Tullymorgan * Tyndale *

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Ulmarra Ulmarra is a small town on the south bank of the Clarence River in New South Wales, Australia in the Clarence Valley district. At the , Ulmarra had a population of 446 people. The town had the distinction of being the smallest local government ...

* Waterview * Waterview Heights *

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* Woombah * Yamba

Heritage listings

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

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Demographics

At the , there were people in the Clarence Valley local government area, of these 49.4 per cent were male and 50.6 per cent were female.

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made up 5.7 per cent of the population which is more than double the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The median age of people in the Clarence Valley Council area was 46 years; some 10 years higher than the national median. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.6 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.3 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 49.3 per cen% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the Clarence Valley Council area between the and the 2011 Census was 3.15 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.32 per cent, population growth in the Clarence Valley local government area was lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Clarence Valley Council area was significantly below the national average, being one of the factors that place the Clarence Valley Council area in an area of social disadvantage. At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Clarence Valley local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or

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exceeded 82 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 64 per cent of all residents in the Clarence Valley Council area nominated a

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at the 2011 Census, which was above the national average of 50.2 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Clarence Valley local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (3.1 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (94.0 per cent) where

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only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).

Council

Current composition and election method

Clarence Valley Council is composed of nine

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s elected proportionally as one entire

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. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the Council is as follows: The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:

References

External links

Clarence Valley Council WebsiteClarence Valley Tourism Website
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