Cobar Shire Council

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


caption = Location in New South Wales
pop = 5,146
density = 0.11
area = 44065
est =
seat = Cobar (36 Linsley Street)
mayor = Werner Muhlethaler
region = Orana

url = http://www.cobar.nsw.gov.au/
stategov = Barwon
fedgov = Parkes
near-nw = Central Darling
near-n = Bourke
near-ne = Brewarrina
near-e = Bogan
near-w = Central Darling
near-sw = Central Darling
near-s = Carrathool
near-se = Lachlan

Cobar Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is an outback shire based on the mining town of Cobar. It is traversed by the Barrier Highway and the Kidman Way. With a total area of 44,065 square kilometres, it is larger than Denmark and 99 other countries and self-governing territories.

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 1,898 wage and salary earners (ranked 116th in New South Wales and 376th 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 $78,550,082 (around $79 million) (ranked 108th in New South Wales and 359th 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 $41,386 (ranked 27th in New South Wales and 85th in Australia, 100% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 107% of Australia's $38,820)

- was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $36,856 (ranked 27th in New South Wales and 81st in Australia, 104% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 108% of Australia's $34,149).

Other villages

The shire also includes four very small outback towns; the twin villages of Euabalong and Euabalong West in the far south east of the shire, Mount Hope, and Nymagee. [ [http://www.cobar.nsw.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=76 Cobar Shire villages page] retrieved 2008-02-05.]

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