Bourke Shire Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Bourke Shire
state = nsw


caption = Location in New South Wales
pop = 3,899
density = 0.09
area = 41679
est =
seat = Bourke (29 Mitchell Street)
mayor = Wayne O'Mally
region = Orana

url = http://www.bourke.local-e.nsw.gov.au/
stategov = Barwon
fedgov = Gwydir
near-nw = Bulloo (Qld)
near-n = Paroo (Qld)
near-ne = Balonne (Qld)
near-e = Brewarrina
near-w = Unincorporated Far West
near-sw = Unincorporated Far West
near-s = Cobar
near-se = Bogan

Bourke Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Darling River, which is known as the Barwon River upstream from Bourke. It is also on the Mitchell Highway. It is a wool and beef producing area.

Incomes

According to the [http://www.abs.gov.au Australian Bureau Statistics] [cite web
publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics
title=Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia (catalogue no.: 5673.055.003)
url = http://abs.gov.au
accessdate = 2007-03-11 ] during 2003-04, there:

- were 1,062 wage and salary earners (ranked 141st in New South Wales and 457th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's 2,558,415 and Australia's 7,831,856)

- was a total income of $35,694,471 (around $36 million) (ranked 137th in New South Wales and 449th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's $107,179,688,262 (around $107 billion) and Australia's $304,034,755,876 (around $304 billion))

- was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $33,611 (ranked 88th in New South Wales and 298th in Australia, 81% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 87% of Australia's $38,820)

- was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $32,426 (ranked 71st in New South Wales and 235th in Australia, 91% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 95% of Australia's $34,149).

Main towns/villages

Bourke Shire includes Bourke and the very small outback towns of Byrock, Engonia, Fords Bridge, Wanaaring and Louth.

References