Tamworth Regional Council is a

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in the

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region of

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. The area under administration is located adjacent to the

New England Highway New England Highway is an long highway in Australia running from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end to Hexham at Newcastle, New South Wales at its southern end. It is part of Australia's National Highway system, an ...

and the Main North railway line. It was established in March 2004 through the amalgamation of the former City of Tamworth with surrounding shires of

Barraba Barraba is a town in the New England region of northern New South Wales, Australia. It was formerly the centre of Barraba Shire local government area, but most of this, including Barraba, was absorbed into Tamworth Regional Council in 2004. On ...

, Manilla, Nundle and

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. The

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of Tamworth Regional Council is Cr. Russell Webb, an

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politician.

Towns and villages

The area includes the city of Tamworth and the towns and villages of Attunga,

, Bendemeer, Dungowan, Duri,

Kootingal Kootingal is a town in New South Wales, Australia in the Tamworth Regional Council area. It is commonly called a satellite suburb of Tamworth because of its closeness and the fact that its residents use Tamworth's services. Founded as an Abo ...

, Limbri, Manilla,

Moonbi Moonbi is a village situated on the New England Highway 20 kilometres north of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. It is nestled at the foot of the Moonbi Range and is part of the Tamworth Regional Council local government area. Moonbi is l ...

, Niangala, Nundle, Ogunbil,

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, Upper Manilla and Woolbrook.

Suburbs

* Calala * Coledale * Daruka Estate * East Tamworth * Forest Hills * Hillvue * Kingswood * Nemingha *

North Tamworth North Tamworth is a suburb of Tamworth, New South Wales, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, in the city's north. It is on the northerly side of the Peel River between the suburbs of East Tamworth and Oxley Vale, New South Wales, Oxley Vale. ...

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South Tamworth South Tamworth is a suburb of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia and is situated south from the cities Central Business District. It is a largely residential suburb and is a mixture of both new housing estates and well established estates. So ...

* Taminda * Tamworth * Tamworth Central Business District * Westdale *

West Tamworth West Tamworth is a suburb of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, in the city's west. It is between South Tamworth and Taminda (Tamworth Industrial Area). It is an important commercial and residential area of Tamworth. In West Tamworth is the ...

Heritage listings

Tamworth Region has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Kootingal, New England Highway:

Moonby House Moonby House is a heritage-listed colonial pastoral station and now retirement village located on the New England Highway in Kootingal in the Tamworth Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The house was built fr ...

* Manilla, Tamworth-Barraba railway:

Manilla railway underbridges The Manilla railway underbridges are two heritage-listed railway bridges located on the Tamworth-Barraba railway line in the town of Manilla in the Tamworth Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The underbridg ...

* Tamworth, Fitzroy Street:

Tamworth Post Office The Tamworth Post Office is a State heritage-listed post office located on the corner of Fitzroy Street and Peel Street, Tamworth in the Tamworth Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Co ...

* Tamworth, King George V Memorial Avenue (East): King George V Avenue of Memorial English Oaks * Tamworth, Main Northern railway:

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* Tamworth, Main Northern railway: Peel River railway bridge * Tamworth, Marius Street (East):

Dominican Roman Catholic Convent The Dominican Roman Catholic Convent is a heritage-listed former convent located at Marius Street (East), Tamworth, Tamworth Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as St Nicolas' Church. It was added to the New South Wa ...

* Tamworth, Peel Street (cnr): Tamworth Peel Barracks

Demographics

At the , there were people in the Tamworth Regional local government area, of these 48.7 per cent were male and 51.3 per cent were female.

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made up 10.1 per cent of the population, which was greater than three times higher than the national and average of 2.9 per cent. The

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age of people in the Tamworth Regional Council was 40 years, which was marginally higher than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.2 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 47.6 per cent were married and 13.2 per cent were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the Tamworth Regional Council between the 2011 census and the 2016 census was 6.0 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the Tamworth Regional local government area was slightly lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Tamworth Regional Council was significantly lower than the national average. At the , the proportion of residents in the Tamworth Regional local government area who stated their

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exceeded 85 per cent of all residents (national average was around 60 per cent). In excess of 70% of all residents in the Tamworth Regional Council nominated a

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affiliation with

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at the 2016 census, which was significantly higher than the national average of approximately 60 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Tamworth Regional local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (4.6 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 26.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (88.7 per cent) where

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only was spoken at home (national average was 68.5 per cent).

Council

Current composition and election method

Tamworth Regional Council is composed of nine

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s elected proportionally as a single

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. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The

is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 10 September 2016, and the makeup of the council is as follows: The current Council, elected in 2022, in order of election, is:

References

{{Authority control Local government areas of New South Wales Tamworth, New South Wales