The Facts
The City covers an area of 179km².
The Local Government Area
Broken Hill is classified as a Group 4 council under the NSW Department of Local Government's classification of councils into eleven groups. Group 4 comprises urban regional Councils in NSW of similar population. The basic divisions are between urban and rural Councils and then subdivided according to population size and density.
There are thirty three urban regional Councils in Groups 4. The smallest Council in the group is Deniliquin (population 8,214) and the largest is Port Macquarie - Hastings (population 69,737). Broken Hill is in the lower half of the group according to population; being the third smallest. Group 4 councils closets to Broken Hill in population size are Armidale, Griffith, Kiama, Lithgow and Richmond Valley.
Population
The most recent estimates (2006) placed the population at 20,223.
Land Rating
Total Rateable Land Value $92,135,350
Number of Rateable Properties 10,539
Following a request from Council, the Valuer General has approved provision of land valuations on a three year cycle commencing July 1, 2007 for the 2008/09 rating year.
Weather
Climate Averages by Month
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Contact details
Customer Relations Team
08 8080 3300 (ph)
08 8080 3424 (fax)
council@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au
