Ballina Shire
The mayor of Ballina Shire Council is Sharon Cadwallader.
Towns and localities
Other localities
- Alstonvale
- Alstonville
- Bagotville (shared with Lismore)
- Brooklet
- Cabbage Tree Island
- Dalwood
- Empire Vale
- Fernleigh
- Knockrow
- Lennox Head
- Lynwood
- Marom Creek (shared with Lismore)
- McLeans Ridges
- Meerschaum Vale
- Newrybar (shared with Byron)
- Pimlico
- Rous
- South Ballina
- Teven
- Tintenbar
- Tuckombil
- Uralba
- Wardell
- Wollongbar
Heritage listings
The Ballina Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Demographics
At the 2016 census, there were 41,790 people in the Ballina local government area; of these 48.2 per cent were male and 51.8 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3 per cent of the population, which was higher than the national (2.9%) and state averages (2.8%). The median age of people in the Ballina Shire area was 48 years, which was significantly higher than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0–14 years made up 16.7 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.0 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 48.9 per cent were married and 14.4 per cent were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the Ballina Shire area between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 3.89 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 2.11 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78 per cent and 8.32 per cent respectively, population growth in the Ballina local government area was significantly lower than the national average. Growth increased to a 9.2% increase between 2011 and 2016, compared to a national average of 8.8%. The median weekly income for residents within the Ballina Shire area was significantly lower than the national average.
At the 2016 census, the proportion of residents in the Ballina local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or English exceeded 60 per cent of all residents (national average was 48.3 per cent). Nearly 60% of all residents in the Ballina nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census. Ballina Shire had a significantly higher proportion of households (89.1 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 72.7 per cent).
Selected historical census data for the Ballina Shire local government area | |||||
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Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | |
Population | Estimated residents on census night | 37,017 | 38,461 | 39,274 | 41,790 |
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 50th | 50th | |||
% of New South Wales population | 0.56% | ||||
% of Australian population | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.18% | ||
Cultural and language diversity | |||||
Ancestry, top responses |
English | 32.0% | 31.5% | ||
Australian | 31.2% | 28.8% | |||
Irish | 10.5% | 10.5% | |||
Scottish | 8.1% | 8.7% | |||
German | 3.1% | 3.2% | |||
Language, top responses (other than English) |
Italian | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
German | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
Dutch | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |
Spanish | n/c | n/c | 0.2% | 0.2% | |
Japanese | n/c | n/c | 0.2% | n/c | |
French | 0.2% | ||||
Religious affiliation | |||||
Religious affiliation, top responses |
Catholic | 25.1% | 25.5% | 25.1% | 21.9% |
Anglican | 28.4% | 26.1% | 24.2% | 19.1% | |
No Religion | 13.4% | 17.4% | 21.4% | 30.2% | |
Uniting Church | 7.4% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 4.3% | |
Presbyterian and Reformed | 6.4% | 5.6% | 5.2% | ||
Median weekly incomes | |||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$397 | A$496 | A$601 | |
% of Australian median income | 85.2% | 86.0% | 90.8% | ||
Family income | Median weekly family income | A$1,017 | A$1,153 | A$1426 | |
% of Australian median income | 86.8% | 77.9% | 82.2% | ||
Household income | Median weekly household income | A$779 | A$930 | A$1156 | |
% of Australian median income | 75.9% | 75.4% | 80.4% |
Council
Current composition and election method
Ballina Shire Council is composed of ten councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is directly elected while the nine other councillors are elected proportionally as three separate wards, each electing three councillors. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, is as follows:
Party | Councillors | |
---|---|---|
Sharon Cadwallader Team | 4 | |
Independents | 3 | |
Greens | 2 | |
Nationals | 1 | |
Total | 10 |
The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election by ward, is:
Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mayor | Sharon Cadwallader | Sharon Cadwallader Team | ||
Ward A | Phil Meehan | Independent | ||
Rod Bruem | Sharon Cadwallader Team | |||
Stephen McCarthy | Nationals | |||
Ward B | Jeff Johnson | Independent | ||
Eva Ramsey | Sharon Cadwallader Team | |||
Kiri Dicker | Greens | |||
Ward C | Eoin Johnston | Independent | ||
Simon Chate | Greens | |||
Nigel Buchanan | Sharon Cadwallader Team |
Election results
2024
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sharon Cadwallader Team | 10,369 | 40.28 | +11.68 | 3 | 1 | ||
Greens | 6,706 | 26.05 | +9.55 | 3 | 2 | ||
Independents | 5,307 | 20.61 | −19.79 | 2 | 3 | ||
Labor | 1,950 | 7.57 | −6.93 | 0 | |||
Independent Labor | 1,410 | 5.47 | +5.47 | 1 | |||
Formal votes | 25,742 | 88.49 | |||||
Informal votes | 3,349 | 11.51 | |||||
Total | 29,091 | 9 | |||||
Registered voters / turnout |
2021
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 1,0195 | 40.4 | 4 | 1 | |||
Sharon Cadwallader Team | 7,227 | 28.6 | 3 | ||||
Greens | 4,173 | 16.5 | +16.5 | 2 | 2 | ||
Labor | 3,676 | 14.5 | +14.5 | 0 | |||
Formal votes | 25,271 | 90.94 | |||||
Informal votes | 2,517 | 9.06 | |||||
Total | 27,788 | 100.00 | 9 | ||||
Registered voters / turnout | 32,830 | 84.64 |
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