# Kyogle Council

Kyogle Council is a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.
The council services an area of 3,589 square kilometres (1,386 sq mi) and is located adjacent to the Summerland Way and the North Coast railway line, within two hours drive from Brisbane and one hour from the Queensland Gold Coast and the NSW coastal communities of Byron Bay, Ballina and Tweed Heads. Kyogle Council comprises a large and diverse region with natural attributes, including the Border Ranges National Park and other world heritage listed areas, and cultural features.
The mayor of Kyogle Council is Danielle Mulholland.
In 2015, Kyogle Council was deemed 'not fit for future' by the New South Wales government's Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal and was urged to merge with a nearby council, although the NSW government backflipped later in 2015 and allowed the council to continue in its current form.

## Towns and localities

* Afterlee
* Babyl Creek
* Barkers Vale
* Bean Creek
* Bentley
* Bingeebeebra Creek
* Bonalbo
* Boomi Creek
* Boorabee Park
* Bottle Creek
* Brumby Plains
* Capeen Creek
* Cawongla
* Cedar Point
* Collins Creek
* Cougal
* Culmaran Creek
* Dairy Flat
* Deep Creek (Kyogle)
* Dobies Bight
* Doubtful Creek
* Duck Creek
* Dyraaba
* Eden Creek
* Edenville
* Ettrick
* Fawcetts Plain
* Findon Creek
* Geneva
* Ghinni Ghi
* Gorge Creek
* Gradys Creek
* Green Pigeon
* Grevillia
* Haystack
* Hogarth Range
* Homeleigh
* Horse Station Creek
* Horseshoe Creek
* Iron Pot Creek
* Jacksons Flat
* Joes Box
* Kilgra
* Kyogle
* Larnook
* Lillian Rock
* Lindesay Creek
* Little Back Creek
* Loadstone
* Lower Bottle Creek
* Lower Duck Creek
* Lower Dyraaba
* Lower Peacock
* Lynchs Creek
* Mallanganee
* Mummulgum
* New Park
* Old Bonalbo
* Old Grevillia
* Paddys Flat
* Pagans Flat
* Peacock Creek
* Piora
* Roseberry Creek
* Rukenvale
* Sandilands
* Sawpit Creek
* Sextonville
* Sherwood
* Simpkins Creek
* Smiths Creek
* Stony Chute
* Tabulam
* Terrace Creek
* The Glen
* The Risk
* Theresa Creek
* Tooloom
* Toonumbar
* Tunglebung
* Unumgar
* Upper Duck Creek
* Upper Eden Creek
* Upper Horseshoe Creek
* Urbenville
* Wadeville
* Warrazambil Creek
* West Wiangaree
* Wiangaree
* Woodenbong
* Woolners Arm
* Wyneden
* Yabbra

## Heritage listings

The Kyogle Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* High Conservation Value Old Growth forest
* Cougal, 871.00 km Border Loop, North Coast railway: Cougal Spiral

## Election results
### 2024

2024 New South Wales local elections: Kyogle :
| Party | Party | Party |
| | Independents | Independents |
| | Independent Labor | Independent Labor |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes |
| Total | Total | Total |
| Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout |

### 2021

2021 New South Wales local elections: Kyogle :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats |
| | Independent | Independent | 3,419 | 100.0 | +0.0 | 9 |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 3,419 | 95.2 | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 172 | 4.8 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,591 | 100.0 | | |
| Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | 6,688 | 53.7 | | |

## Demographics

At the 2011 census, there were 9,228 people in the Kyogle local government area, of these 50.3 per cent were male and 49.7 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3 per cent of the population, which was significantly higher than the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The median age of people in the Kyogle Council area was 45 years, which was significantly higher than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.1 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.6 per cent were married and 15.1 per cent were either divorced or separated.
Population growth in the Kyogle Council area between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 1.06 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, the population declined 0.3 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 Kyogle local government area was significantly lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Kyogle Council area was significantly lower than the national average.
At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Kyogle local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 85 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 23 per cent of all residents in the Kyogle Council at the 2011 census nominated no religious affiliation, compared to the national average of 22.3 per cent. Meanwhile, affiliation with Christianity was 55 per cent, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2 per cent. As at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Kyogle local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (3.5 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (92.9 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).
Selected historical census data for the Kyogle Council local government area :
| Census year | Census year | Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Population | Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 9,159 | 9,256 | 9,228 |
| Population | Population | LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | | | 92 |
| Population | Population | % of New South Wales population | | | 0.13% |
| Population | Population | % of Australian population | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.04% |
| Cultural and language diversity | Cultural and language diversity | Cultural and language diversity | | | |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | Australian | | | 32.3% |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | English | | | 31.6% |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | Irish | | | 10.2% |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | Scottish | | | 7.7% |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | German | | | 3.4% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | German | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | Italian | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | Swedish | n/c | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | French | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | Telugu | n/c | n/c | 0.1% |
| Religious affiliation | Religious affiliation | Religious affiliation | | | |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | No Religion | 15.1% | 18.4% | 23.4% |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | Anglican | 23.9% | 23.4% | 21.4% |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | 21.0% | 20.7% | 19.6% |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | Uniting Church | 11.0% | 9.3% | 8.0% |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | Presbyterian and Reformed | 7.0% | 6.1% | 6.0% |
| Median weekly incomes | Median weekly incomes | Median weekly incomes | | | |
| Personal income | Personal income | Median weekly personal income | | A$305 | A$376 |
| Personal income | Personal income | % of Australian median income | | 65.5% | 65.2% |
| Family income | Family income | Median weekly family income | | A$705 | A$883 |
| Family income | Family income | % of Australian median income | | 60.2% | 59.66% |
| Household income | Household income | Median weekly household income | | A$599 | A$714 |
| Household income | Household income | % of Australian median income | | 58.3% | 57.9% |