Brewarrina Shire Council

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


caption = Location in New South Wales
pop = 2,056
density = 0.11
area = 19188
est =
seat = Brewarrina (57 Bathurst Street)
mayor = Matthew Slack-Smith
region = Orana

url = http://www.breshire.com
stategov = Barwon
fedgov = Calare
near-nw = Paroo (Qld)
near-n = Balonne (Qld)
near-ne = Balonne (Qld)
near-e = Walgett
near-w = Bourke
near-sw = Cobar
near-s = Bogan
near-se = Warren

Brewarrina Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Darling/Barwon River. It is a wool and cotton growing area.

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 500 wage and salary earners (ranked 163rd in New South Wales and 528th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's 2,558,415 and Australia's 7,831,856)

- was a total income of $16,764,835 (around $17 million) (ranked 162nd in New South Wales and 527nd in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's $107,179,688,262 (around $107 billion) and Australia's $304,034,755,876 (around $304 billion))

- was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $33,530 (ranked 90th in New South Wales and 302nd in Australia, 81% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 86% of Australia's $38,820)

- was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $32,230 (ranked 73rd in New South Wales and 245th in Australia, 91% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 94% of Australia's $34,149).

Main towns/villages

Brewarrina Shire includes Brewarrina and the villages of Gongolgon, Angledool and Goodooga and the ghost town of Tarcoon.

References