City of Coffs Harbour

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City of Coffs Harbour
New South Wales

Population:

67,442^[1]

Area:

1,175^[2] km²

Council Seat:

Coffs Harbour (2 Castle Street)

Region:

Mid North Coast

State District:

Coffs Harbour, Clarence, Oxley,

Federal Division:

Cowper

Website: http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au

LGAs around City of Coffs Harbour
Clarence Valley	Clarence Valley	Pacific Ocean
Clarence Valley	City of Coffs Harbour	Pacific Ocean
Bellingen	Bellingen	Pacific Ocean

The City of Coffs Harbour is the Local Government Area that administers the Coffs Harbour area. It is on the Pacific Highway, and the North Coast railway line.

The City's resident population was estimated at 62,902 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the August 2001 Census, and this has grown to nearly 67,000 (2005). It has recently expanded to include the localities of Red Rock, Corindi and Upper Corindi, previously part of the former Pristine Waters local government authority (LGA), the balance of which has been amalgamated into the Clarence Valley Council to the north. Since this amalgamation the Coffs Harbour Local Government area has expanded to cover 1,175 km².

[edit] Incomes

According to the Australian Bureau Statistics ^[3] during 2003-04, there:

- were 21,047 wage and salary earners (ranked 44th in New South Wales and 115th in Australia, 0.8% of New South Wales's 2,558,415 and 0.3% of Australia's 7,831,856)

- was a total income of $661,218,091 (around $661 million) (ranked 51st in New South Wales and 132nd in Australia, 0.6% of New South Wales's $107,179,688,262 (around $107 billion) and 0.2% of Australia's $304,034,755,876 (around $304 billion))

- was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $31,416 (ranked 122nd in New South Wales and 414th in Australia, 76% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 81% of Australia's $38,820)

- was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $28,309 (ranked 143rd in New South Wales and 470th in Australia, 80% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 83% of Australia's $34,149).

[edit] Main towns/villages

It also includes: Arrawarra, Woolgoolga, Sandy Beach, Emerald Beach, Moonee Beach, Korora, Nana Glen, Coramba, Karangi, Toormina, Sawtell and Bonville.

Coffs Harbour's sister city is Sasebo, Japan.

On 9 May 2000 the Coffs Harbour City Council brought into effect the Coffs Harbour City Koala Plan of Management which was prepared to arrest the decline in koala numbers that has arisen from land clearing and habitat disturbance.