Wollondilly Shire Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Wollondilly Shire
state = nsw


caption = Location in NSW
pop = 40,344Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA18400|name=Wollondilly (A) (Local Government Area)|accessdate=2008-07-22|quick=on]
area = 2560
est =
seat = Picton (62-64 Menangle Street)cite web
title=Wollondilly Shire Council
publisher = Department of Local Government
url = http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=8400
accessdate = 2006-11-27 ]
mayor = Judy Hannan (Independent)
region = Macarthur

url = http://www.wollondilly.nsw.gov.au
stategov = Wollondilly (2004 boundaries)
fedgov = Hume
near-nw = Blue Mountains
near-n = Penrith
near-ne = Camden
near-w = Oberon
near-e = Campbelltown
near-sw = Upper Lachlan
near-s = Wingecarribee
near-se = Wollongong

Wollondilly Shire is a Local Government Area (LGA) just west of the southwestern outskirts of Sydney and is named after the Wollondilly River. It is administered by Wollondilly Shire Council, and the General Manager is Les McMahon. It is crossed by the Hume Highway and the Southern Highlands railway line. It contains several small towns and villages broken up by farms and sandstone gorges. Its west is wilderness and includes the Nattai Wilderness and the Burragorang Valley. The majority of the shire is either National Park or Water Catchment for several of Sydneys main dams. It also has the distinction of providing 97% of Sydney's water supply.

Demographics

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there: [cite web | publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics | title=Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06 | date=30 July 2007 | url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/allprimarymainfeatures/C33E4C093D8E0951CA2573210018D691?opendocument | accessdate = 2008-06-22]
* Were 41,977 people as at 30 June 2006, the 53rd largest Local Government Area in New South Wales. It was equal to 0.6% of the New South Wales population of 6,827,694
* Was an increase of 674 people over the year to 30 June 2006, the 26th largest population growth in a Local Government Area in New South Wales. It was equal to 1.1% of the 58,753 increase in the population of New South Wales
* Was, in percentage terms, an increase of 1.6% in the number of people over the year to 30 June 2006, the 18th fastest growth in population of a Local Government Area in New South Wales. In New South Wales the population grew by 0.9%
* Was an increase in population over the 10 years to 30 June 2006 of 7,394 people or 21% (2.0% in annual average terms), the 15th highest rate of a Local Government Area in New South Wales. In New South Wales the population grew by 622,966 or 10% (1.0% in annual average terms) over the same period.

Main towns and Villages

The major town in the Shire is Picton. Other towns and villages include: Theresa Park, Tahmoor, Bargo, Yanderra, Pheasants Nest, Thirlmere, Buxton, Wilton, Appin, Douglas Park, Menangle, Cawdor, The Oaks, Oakdale,Warragamba and Silverdale. It also includes the almost inaccessible ghost town of Yerranderie.

Local Media

Wollondilly is home to one local newspaper, the [http://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au Wollondilly Advertiser] . Other regional media which serve the area are radio stations, 2MCR and C91.3FM, newspapers the Macarthur Chronicle and the District Reporter, and newsletter Wollondilly Trumpeter.

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