Glen Innes Severn

29°43′S 151°45′E / 29.717°S 151.750°E / -29.717; 151.750Population

• 8,836 (2016 census)^[1]
• 8,908 (2018 est.)^[2]

 • Density1.61035/km² (4.1708/sq mi)Area5,487 km² (2,118.5 sq mi)MayorRobert BanhamCouncil seatGlen Innes^[3]RegionNew EnglandState electorate(s)Northern TablelandsWebsiteGlen Innes Severn

LGAs around Glen Innes Severn:
Inverell	Tenterfield	Clarence Valley
Inverell	Glen Innes Severn	Clarence Valley
Armidale	Armidale	Clarence Valley

Glen Innes Severn is a local government area in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The council serves an area of 5,487 square kilometres (2,119 sq mi) and is located adjacent to the New England Highway. The council was formed by the amalgamation of Severn Shire and Glen Innes City Council.

The mayor of Glen Innes Severn Council is Cr. Robert Banham.

Main towns and villages

The council area includes the town of Glen Innes and villages including Emmaville, Deepwater, Wellingrove, Glencoe, Stonehenge and Red Range and several hamlets including Diehard, Gibraltar Range, Kingsgate and Wellington Vale.

Heritage listings

The Glenn Innes Servern has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• High Conservation Value Old Growth forest^[4]

Demographics

At the 2011 census, there were 8,656 people in the Glen Innes Severn local government area, of these 49.5 per cent were male and 50.5 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6 per cent of the population which is approximately double both the national and state averages. The median age of people in the Glen Innes Severn Council area was 46 years; nearly ten years higher than the national median. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.1 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.0 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 48.7 per cent were married and 14.1 per cent were either divorced or separated.^[5]

Population growth in the Glen Innes Severn Council area between the 2001 census, the 2006 census, and the 2011 census was marginal. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78 per cent and 8.32 per cent for each five–year period respectively, population growth in the Glen Innes Severn local government area was significantly lower than the national average.^[6][7] The median weekly income for residents within the Glen Innes Severn Council area was below the national average.^[5][8]

At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Glen Innes Severn local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 92 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 69 per cent of all residents in the Glen Innes Severn Council area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census, which was significantly higher than the national average of 50.2 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Glen Innes Severn local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (2.7 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (93 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).^[5]

Selected historical census data for Glen Innes Severn local government area
Census year			2001[6][7]	2006[8]	2011[5]
Population		Estimated residents on Census night	8,488	8,780	8,656
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales		103rd	96th
		% of New South Wales population			0.13%
		% of Australian population	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Australian			34.1%
		English			31.1%
		Irish			9.8%
		Scottish			9.4%
		German			3.9%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Dutch	n/c	0.1%	0.2%
		German	n/c	0.1%	0.1%
		Finnish	n/c	n/c	0.1%
		Mandarin	n/c	n/c	0.1%
		Japanese	n/c	n/c	0.1%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Anglican	n/c	37.3%	35.5%
		Catholic	n/c	22.3%	21.8%
		No religion	n/c	10.4%	14.0%
		Uniting Church	n/c	7.6%	7.1%
		Presbyterian and Reformed	n/c	4.9%	4.9%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		A$337	A$395
		% of Australian median income		72.3%	68.5%
Family income		Median weekly family income		A$765	A$915
		% of Australian median income		65.3%	61.8%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$613	A$734
		% of Australian median income		59.7%	59.5%

Council

Current composition and election method

Glen Innes Severn Council is composed of seven councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held in December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:^[9]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and unaligned	6
	The Greens	1
	Total	7

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:^[9]

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Rob Banham	Independent	Mayor[10]
	Troy Arandale	Independent
	Tim Alt	Independent
	Lara Gresham	Independent
	Carol Sparks	The Greens
	Jack Parry	Independent
	Andrew Parsons	Independent

2021 election results

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