Muswellbrook Shire Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Muswellbrook Shire


caption = Location in New South Wales
state = New South Wales
region = Hunter Valley
area = 3406
est =
seat = Muswellbrook (Maitland Street)cite web
title=Muswellbrook Shire Council
publisher = Department of Local Government
url = http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=5650
accessdate = 2006-12-02 ]
pop = 15,149 cite web
publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics
title=Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2004-05
url = http://abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features22004-05?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2004-05&num=&view=
accessdate = 2006-12-02 ]

url = http://www.muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au
mayor = John Colvin
fedgov = Hunter
stategov = Upper Hunter
near-nw= Upper Hunter
near-w = Mid-Western
near-sw= Mid-Western
near-s = Singleton
near-se= Singleton
near-e = Singleton
near-ne= Upper Hunter
near-n = Upper Hunter

Muswellbrook Shire is a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and CityRail's Hunter line.

Incomes

According to the [http://www.abs.gov.au Australian Bureau Statistics] [cite web
publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics
title=Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia (catalogue no.: 5673.055.003)
url = http://abs.gov.au
accessdate = 2007-03-11 ] during 2003-04, there:

- were 6,092 wage and salary earners (ranked 79th in New South Wales and 236th in Australia, 0.2% of New South Wales's 2,558,415 and less than 0.1% of Australia's 7,831,856)

- was a total income of $265,358,923 (around $265 million) (ranked 76th in New South Wales and 216th in Australia, 0.2% of New South Wales's $107,179,688,262 (around $107 billion) and less than 0.1% of Australia's $304,034,755,876 (around $304 billion))

- was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $43,559 (ranked 21st in New South Wales and 61st in Australia, 105% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 112% of Australia's $38,820)

- was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $36,707 (ranked 28th in New South Wales and 83rd in Australia, 103% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 107% of Australia's $34,149).

Demographics

According to the [http://www.abs.gov.au Australian Bureau Statistics] [cite web
publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics
title=Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06 (catalogue no.: 3218.0)
url = http://abs.gov.au
accessdate = 2007-03-12 ] , there:

- were 15,236 people as at 30 June 2006, the 83rd largest Local Government Area in New South Wales. It was equal to 0.2% of the New South Wales population of 6,827,694

- was an increase of 99 people over the year to 30 June 2006, the 87th largest population growth in a Local Government Area in New South Wales. It was equal to 0.2% of the 58,753 increase in the population of New South Wales

- was, in percentage terms, an increase of 0.7% in the number of people over the year to 30 June 2006, the 81st fastest growth in population of a Local Government Area in New South Wales. In New South Wales the population grew by 0.9%

- was a fall in population over the 10 years to 30 June 2006 of 423 people or 2.7% (0.3% in annual average terms). In New South Wales the population grew by 622,966 or 10% (1.0% in annual average terms) over the same period.

Main towns/villages

The Shire includes Muswellbrook, Denman, Sandy Hollow, Wybong, McCullys Gap, Kayuga, Baerami, Merriwa.

References

Muswellbrook, Denman, Sandy Hollow, Wybong, McCullys Gap, Kayuga, Baerami and Merriwa.