- Bourke Shire Council
Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Bourke Shire
state = nsw
caption = Location inNew South Wales
pop = 3,899
density = 0.09
area = 41679
est =
seat = Bourke (29 Mitchell Street)
mayor = Wayne O'Mally
region = Orana
url = http://www.bourke.local-e.nsw.gov.au/
stategov = Barwon
fedgov = Gwydir
near-nw = Bulloo (Qld)
near-n = Paroo (Qld)
near-ne = Balonne (Qld)
near-e = Brewarrina
near-w =Unincorporated Far West
near-sw =Unincorporated Far West
near-s = Cobar
near-se = BoganBourke Council is a local government area in the Orana region of
New South Wales ,Australia . It is on theDarling River , which is known as the Barwon River upstream from Bourke. It is also on theMitchell Highway . It is a wool and beef producing 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 1,062 wage and salary earners (ranked 141st in New South Wales and 457th 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 $35,694,471 (around $36 million) (ranked 137th in New South Wales and 449th 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 $33,611 (ranked 88th in New South Wales and 298th in Australia, 81% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 87% of Australia's $38,820)- was an estimated
median income per wage and salary earner of $32,426 (ranked 71st in New South Wales and 235th in Australia, 91% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 95% of Australia's $34,149).Main towns/villages
Bourke Shire includes Bourke and the very small
outback towns of Byrock, Engonia, Fords Bridge, Wanaaring and Louth.References
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