Upper Hunter Shire

The Upper Hunter Shire is a

The mayor of the Upper Hunter Shire Council is Cr. Maurice Collison, following the sudden resignation of Wayne Bedggood as mayor and as a councillor on 9 June 2020. No reason has been given for the sudden resignation.

Council's General Manager is Greg McDonald.^{[citation needed]}

Towns

The towns of the Upper Hunter are

Heritage listings

The Upper Hunter Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Ardglen, Main Northern railway: Ardglen Tunnel^[6]
• Merriwa, Bow Street: Colonial Cottage Museum^[7]
• Murrurundi, Main Northern railway: Murrurundi railway station^[8]
• Murrurundi, Mount Street: Rosedale Cottage^[9]
• Scone, 144 Kelly Street: Scone Civic Theatre^[10]Scone, New South Wales
• Scone, 41 Kingdon Road: Old Court Theatre^[11]
• Scone, Main Northern railway: Scone railway station^[12]
• Wingen, Raglan Street: Mountain House, Wingen^[13]

Demographics

At the

At the 2021 census, the proportion of residents in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or English exceeded 85 percent of all residents (the national average was 62.9 percent). In excess of 29% of all residents in the Upper Hunter Shire nominated a religious affiliation with Anglican at the 2021 census, which was considerably higher than the national average of 9.8 percent. Meanwhile, as at the 2021 census date, compared to the national average, households in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (5.3 percent) where two or more languages are spoken (the national average was 24.8 percent); and a significantly higher proportion 89.5 percent where only English was spoken at home (the national average was 72.0 percent).^[2][1]

Selected historical census data for the Upper Hunter Shire local government area
Census year			2006[14]	2011[2]	2016[15]	2021[1]
Population		Estimated residents on Census night	12,976	13,754	14,112	14,229
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales
		% of New South Wales population	0.19%	0.20%	0.18%	0.17%
		% of Australian population	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.05%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Australian	–	36.6%	35.7%	45.3%
		English	–	32.4%	30.5%	42.7%
		Irish	–	8.2%	8.7%	11.7%
		Scottish	–	7.9%	7.6%	10.5%
		German		2.8%	2.8%	–
		Australian Aboriginal	–	–	–	6.4%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Mandarin	n/c	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%
		Portuguese	n/c	0.2%	–	0.2%
		Filipino	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
		Cantonese	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
		Arabic	n/c	0.1%	–	–
		Tagalog	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	–
		French	–	–	–	0.2%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Anglican	41.3%	39.3%	35.1%	29.9%
		Catholic	27.2%	26.9%	25.9%	22.9%
		No Religion	9.7%	13.4%	16.7%	28.8%
		Uniting Church	6.5%	5.6%	4.4%	3.7%
		Presbyterian and Reformed	3.2%	3.3%	–	–
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income	$438	$552	$630	$751
		% of Australian median income	94.0%	95.7%	95.1%	93.2%
Family income		Median weekly family income	A$1,090	A$1,392	A$1,589	A$1,914
		% of Australian median income	93.1%	94.0%	91.6%	90.2%
Household income		Median weekly household income	A$882	A$1,071	A$1,242	A$1,429
		% of Australian median income	85.9%	86.8%	86.3%	81.8%

Council

Current composition and election method

Upper Hunter Shire Council is composed of nine

The council also owns several FM rebroadcasters of Radio National and SBS Radio, under the self-help schemes run by those broadcasters.

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