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Tweed Shire Council

The Tweed Shire Council is the local authority

Local government in Australia

Australia has two tiers of subnational government: state government and local government. This article deals with local government. See States and territories of Australia for information on state government....
for the Tweed Valley in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
. It is on the Pacific Ocean

Ocean

An ocean is a major body of Seawater, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a World Ocean that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas....
and the Pacific Highway

Pacific Highway (Australia)

The Pacific Highway is a major transport route in easternAustralia and is part of Australia's Highway 1 . It is long and links Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, along the coast, via Gosford, Newcastle, Taree, Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Ballina and the Gold Coast....
.

In May 2005 the State Government

Government of New South Wales

The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then....
sacked Tweed Shire Council and referred allegations of corruption to the Independent Commission Against Corruption

New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption

The Independent Commission Against Corruption is an independent agency of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for investigating corrupt practices by state and local officials in the state of New South Wales....
.

Economy
According to the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, the median invididual income was $364 per week (equal to approximately $18,980 per year). The median family income in 2006 was $904 per week (equal to approximately $47,137 per year); and, the median household income in 2006 was $683 per week (equal to approximately $35,614 per year).

There were 29,257 people employed in 2006 (to give an employment to working age population ratio of 0.62), and 2,241 people unemployed.

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The Tweed Shire Council is the local authority

Local government in Australia

New South Wales

Ocean

Pacific Highway (Australia)

Government of New South Wales

New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption

Economy

According to the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, the median invididual income was $364 per week (equal to approximately $18,980 per year). The median family income in 2006 was $904 per week (equal to approximately $47,137 per year); and, the median household income in 2006 was $683 per week (equal to approximately $35,614 per year).

There were 29,257 people employed in 2006 (to give an employment to working age population ratio of 0.62), and 2,241 people unemployed. The most common occupations were Technicians and Trades Workers (17%); Professionals (14%); Labourers (14%). The top 5 industries for employment were School Education (5.0%); Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services (4.3%); Hospitals (3.7%); Residential Building Construction (3.1%); and, Supermarket and Grocery Stores (2.9%).

Demographics

In the 2006 Census of Population and Housing there were 79,321 usual residents living in Tweed Shire Council. Of this count, 38,624 (or 49%) were males and 40,697 (or 51%) were females.

By age, 18% of the population was under 15 years old, 59% were between 15 and 65, and 22% were over 65 years old.

Most people living in Tweed Shire Council were born in Australia (79%). The median age was 44 years.

Geography

Tweed Shire includes suburbs of the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
in New South Wales, including:

Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads, New South Wales

Tweed Heads is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire Council. Tweed Heads is located next to the border with Queensland, adjacent to the "Twin Town" of Coolangatta, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland....
(2001 population: 12,420)
Tweed Heads South, Banora Point and Terranora
Terranora, New South Wales

Terranora is a small township on the Tweed River in the hinterland, just west of, Tweed Heads on the northern border of New South Wales & Queensland, Australia....
(2001 combined population: 27,368)
Kingscliff
Kingscliff, New South Wales

Kingscliff is a seaside town just south of Tweed Heads, New South Wales on the far North Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire Council....
, Fingal Head
Fingal Head, New South Wales

Fingal Head was first sighted by James Cook about 17:15 EST 15 May - 16 May 1770 . The area and small town is often just called Fingal. It is located on the Far North Coast of New South Wales in Tweed Shire Council, about 5 km south of the New South Wales and Queensland border, and south of the Queensland....
, Chinderah and Cudgen (2001 combined population: 8,993)

It also includes the towns and villages of Murwillumbah

Murwillumbah, New South Wales

Murwillumbah is a town of approximately 7,500 people in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire Council. It lies on the Tweed River, 848 km north-east of Sydney, 13 km south of the Queensland border and 132 km south of Brisbane....
(7,596), Bogangar

Bogangar, New South Wales

Bogangar is a town in the Northern Rivers, New South Wales region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire Council. It had 3,028 people in 2001, including 2,555 Australian-born persons and 100 indigenous persons....
(3,028), Pottsville

Pottsville, New South Wales

Pottsville is a town in the Northern Rivers, New South Wales region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire Council. It had 2,576 people in 2001, including 2,183 Australian-born persons and 36 indigenous persons....
(2,576), Burringbar (332), Tumbulgum (360), Tyalgum

Tyalgum, New South Wales

Tyalgum is a rural village of 300 people located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Located approximately 18 minutes from Murwillumbah, New South Wales, 45 minutes from the Gold Coast, Queensland and two hours from Brisbane....
, Uki

Uki, New South Wales

Uki is a village situated near Mount Warning in the Tweed Valley of far northern New South Wales, Australia in the Tweed Shire Council. Timber cutters were the first non-Aboriginal settlers in the area and marked the finest cedar for export to the United Kingdom with "UK1", becoming Uki as it is known today....
and Chillingham

Chillingham, New South Wales

Chillingham is a small village approximately 14 km NW of Murwillumbah, New South Wales in the Tweed Valley, New South Wales, Australia....
(211).

Housing

In the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, the median housing loan repayment was $1,300 per month. This equated to marginally under 48% of median household income.

The median rent in 2006 was $210 per week. This equated to just under 31% of median household income.

The average household size was 2.4 persons.

History of the Tweed Shire

The European history of the Tweed Shire began in 1823 when the Tweed River was discovered by John Oxley

John Oxley

This article is about the person. For the Australian pilot ship, see John Oxley .John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an List of explorers and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation....
. After sheltering on Cook Island

Cook Island

Cook Island may refer to* Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands, central island in Southern Thule* Cook Island, New South Wales, small rocky island in Australia...
, (4km from the River's mouth), Oxely travelled 11km up river. In 1828, Captain H. J. Rous explored 50km up the river. Settlers began to arrive in 182?, the first of which were the cedar getters, who came to harvest Great Red Cedars

Toona

Toona is a genus of five species of trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native from Afganistan south to India, and east to North Korea, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia ....
and send them back to England. During the height of the cedar logging industry, the Tweed Valley was one of the wealthiest districts in Australia.