| Statistical Item |
Number |
Location/Comment |
| Population |
51,861
53,609
56,570 |
Census 2001
Census 2006
ABS Cat 3218.0 |
| Council area (sq kms) |
9,653.25 |
|
| Voters on the role |
38,209 |
as at 04/08/08 |
| Cities |
1 |
Tamworth |
| Towns |
4 |
Barraba, Manilla, Nundle, Kootingal |
| Villages/Hamlets/Localities |
17 |
Attunga, Bendemeer, Bowling alley Point, Daruka/Moore Creek/Tintinhull, Dungowan, Duri, Hanging Rock, Limbri, Loomberah, Moonbi, Nemingha, Niangala, Piallamore, Somerton, Watson's Creek, Weabonga, Woolomin |
| Council airports |
1 |
Tamworth |
| Council landing strips |
1 |
Barraba |
| Libraries/Art Galleries/Museums |
8 |
Tamworth City Library, Barraba, Nundle, Manilla, Kootingal, South Tamwoth Library, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Power Station Museum |
| Waste transfer facilities |
3 |
Dungowan, Watson's Creek, Bendemeer |
| Landfill Sites |
9 |
Nundle, Kootingal, Attenga, Manilla, Barraba, Tamworth, Somerton, Duri, Niangala |
| Sewerage treatment plants |
5 |
Westdale (Tamworth), Swan Street (Tamworth, Kootingal, Manilla, Barraba |
| Water treatment plants |
5 |
Tamworth, Barraba, Nundle, Manilla, Bendemeer |
| Village water schemes |
2 |
Attunga, Moonbi/Kootingal |
| Kilometres sealed roads |
1,251.73 |
|
| Kilometres unsealed roads |
1,947.15 |
|
| Timber bridges |
51 |
Four timber bridges are to be replaced in 2009/2010 |
| Concrete and other bridges |
175 |
|
| Council owned buildings |
443 |
|
| Council properties and land parcels |
785 |
|
| Council vehicle fleet |
461 |
Cars, utes, trucks and road plant |
| Section 355 Committees |
44 |
See Annexure 1 for details |
| Swimming pools |
6 |
Tamworth Olympic, South and West Tamworth, Nundle, Manilla, Kootingal, Barraba |
| Rate notices |
25,648 |
Mail out July 2008 |
| Estimated budget expenditure 2009/2010 (incl. depreciation) |
$192 million |
|
| Extimated capital expenditure 2009/2010 |
$96 million |
|
| Total land value 2009/2010 |
$3.649 billion |
New base date 25/01/2009 |