# Murrumbidgee Council

Murrumbidgee Council is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of the Murrumbidgee Shire and the Jerilderie Shire.
The combined area comprises 6,880 square kilometres (2,660 sq mi) and covers the urban areas of Coleambally, Darlington Point and Jerilderie and the surrounding cropping and pastoral areas. At the time of its establishment, the estimated population of the area was 4,047.
The inaugural mayor of Murrumbidgee Council is former Jerilderie Shire councillor Ruth McRae, elected on 21 September 2017. Cr McRae was elected as mayor for the second term on 24 September 2019.

## Council

Murrumbidgee Council has nine councillors, with three councillors elected proportionally from three wards – Jerilderie, Murrumbidgee and Murrumbidgee East. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office.

## Election results
### 2024

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

## Demographics

Selected historical census data for Murrumbidgee Council local government area :
| Census year | Census year | Census year | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Population | Population | Estimated residents on census night | 2,502 | 2,503 | 2,261 | 3,836 |
| Population | Population | LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | | | 117th | 117th |
| Population | Population | % of New South Wales population | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.05% |
| Population | Population | % of Australian population | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
| Cultural and language diversity | Cultural and language diversity | Cultural and language diversity | | | | |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | Australian | | | 36.4% | 35.0% |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | English | | | 27.4% | 27.6% |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | Irish | | | 9.6% | 9.3% |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | Scottish | | | 7.7% | 7.8% |
| Ancestry, top responses | Ancestry, top responses | Italian | | | n/c | 3.2% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | Italian | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | Spanish | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.3% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | Arabic | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.3% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | Tagalog | 0.2% | n/c | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Language, top responses (other than English) | Mandarin | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.3% |
| Religious affiliation | Religious affiliation | Religious affiliation | | | | |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | 28.9% | 28.0% | 28.3% | 28.9% |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | Anglican | 33.0% | 32.8% | 29.9% | 22.3% |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | No Religion, so described | 9.2% | 8.7% | 13.6% | 18.7% |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | Not stated | n/c | n/c | n/c | 12.1% |
| Religious affiliation, top responses | Religious affiliation, top responses | Uniting Church | 11.2% | 9.8% | 8.2% | 8.5% |
| Median weekly incomes | Median weekly incomes | Median weekly incomes | | | | |
| Personal income | Personal income | Median weekly personal income | | A$467 | A$508 | A$659 |
| Personal income | Personal income | % of Australian median income | | 100.2% | 88.0% | 99.5% |
| Family income | Family income | Median weekly family income | | A$1,047 | A$1,109 | A$1,461 |
| Family income | Family income | % of Australian median income | | 89.4% | 74.9% | 84.3% |
| Household income | Household income | Median weekly household income | | A$861 | A$894 | A$1,197 |
| Household income | Household income | % of Australian median income | | 83.8% | 72.4% | 83.2% |

## Heritage listings

The Murrumbidgee Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Darlington Point, Warangesda: Warangesda Aboriginal Mission
* Jerilderie, Nowranie Street: Jerilderie railway station