| Type: | lga |
| Armidale Region | |
| State: | nsw |
| Pop: | 30707 |
| Pop Year: | 2018 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area: | 8621 |
| Est: | 2016 |
| Coordinates: | -30.5°N 191°W |
| Mayor: | Sam Coupland (Independent) |
| Region: | New England |
| Url: | www.armidaleregional.nsw.gov.au |
| Stategov: | Northern Tablelands |
| Near-Nw: | Inverell Shire |
| Near-N: | Glen Innes Severn |
| Near-Ne: | Clarence Valley |
| Near-W: | Uralla |
| Near-E: | Bellingen |
| Near-Sw: | Uralla |
| Near-S: | Walcha |
| Near-Se: | Kempsey |
The Armidale Region is a local government area in the New England and Northern Tablelands regions of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of the Armidale Dumaresq Shire with the surrounding Guyra Shire.[2]
The combined area covered the urban area of Armidale and the surrounding region, extending primarily eastward from the city through farming districts to the gorges and escarpments that mark the edge of the Northern Tablelands.
The Armidale Region is administered by the Armidale Regional Council.
The mayor of the Armidale Region is Cr. Sam Coupland, an independent politician.
On 1 July 2019, Tingha was transferred from Armidale Region to Inverell Shire.[3] [4]
In addition to the main centre of and the town of Guyra, the villages located in the area include Ben Lomond, Black Mountain, Dangarsleigh, Ebor, Hillgrove, Kellys Plains, Llangothlin, and Wollomombi.
Oban is a rural location covering within the Armidale Regional LGA, with 7 residents.[5]
The Armidale Region has a number of heritage-listed sites, including the following sites in Armidale:
| Selected historical census data for the Armidale Region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | 2016 | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| % of New South Wales population | 0.39% | |||||
| % of Australian population | 0.13% | |||||
| Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
| Ancestry, top responses | Australian | 30.4% | ||||
| English | 28.8% | |||||
| Irish | 9.8% | |||||
| Scottish | 8.4% | |||||
| German | 3.4% | |||||
| Language, top responses (other than English) | Mandarin | 1.1% | ||||
| Arabic | 1.0% | |||||
| Nepali | 0.5% | |||||
| German | 0.4% | |||||
| French | 0.2% | |||||
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| Religious affiliation, top responses | No religion | 27.4% | ||||
| Anglican | 22.8% | |||||
| Catholic | 20.2% | |||||
| Presbyterian | 4.5% | |||||
| Median weekly incomes | ||||||
| Personal income | Median weekly personal income | 561 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 84.7% | |||||
| Family income | Median weekly family income | 1465 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 84.5% | |||||
| Household income | Median weekly household income | 1173 | ||||
| % of Australian median income | 81.6% | |||||
Armidale Regional Council is composed of eleven 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 on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:[19]
| Party | Councillors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independents and Unaligned | align=right | 8 | ||
| The Greens | align=right | 1 | ||
| Country Labor Party | align=right | 2 | ||
| Total | align=right | 11 | ||
| Councillor | Party | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret O'Connor | Independent Liberal | ||||
| Dorothy Robinson | Greens | ||||
| Debra O'Brien | |||||
| Sam Coupland | Independent | Mayor[20] | |||
| Jon Galletly | Independent | ||||
| Steven Mepham | Independent | ||||
| Todd Redwood | Independent | Deputy Mayor | |||
| Susan McMichael | Country Labor | ||||
| Paul Gaddes | Independent | ||||
| Bradley Widders | Unaligned | ||||
| Paul Packham | Independent | ||||