Nambucca Valley Council
| Nambucca Valley Council New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°43′S 152°55′E / 30.717°S 152.917°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 20,407 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 13.687/km2 (35.449/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 15 December 1915 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,491 km2 (575.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Gary Lee (Independent) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Macksville | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Mid North Coast | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Oxley | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Cowper | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Nambucca Valley Council | ||||||||||||||
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Nambucca Valley Council is a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
The shire services an area of 1,491 square kilometres (576 sq mi) and is located adjacent to the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line. At the 2016 census, Nambucca Valley Council had a high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people residing within its boundaries; being 7.6 per cent of the population, nearly treble the national and state averages of 2.8 and 2.9 per cent respectively. Within the Shire's boundaries is Bowraville, one of the most socially disadvantaged areas in Australia.
The mayor of the Nambucca Valley Council is Gary Lee, an independent politician.
The local government area was created on 15 December 1915, from land excised from Bellingen Shire, and was originally called Nambucca Shire. The area was renamed Nambucca Valley from 4 December 2019.