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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name     = Eurobodalla Shire 
| state    = nsw
| image    = Eurobodalla LGA NSW.png
| caption  = Location in [[New South Wales]]
| pop      = 40,593
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes =<ref name="Census">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA12750|name=Eurobodalla |access-date=23 December 2022 |quick=on}}</ref>
| pop2               = 
| pop2_year          = 
| pop2_footnotes     = 
| area     = 3428.2
| est      = 17 November 1913
| coordinates = 
| seat     = [[Moruya, New South Wales|Moruya]]<ref name="dlg" >{{cite web |title=Eurobodalla Shire Council |publisher=[[New South Wales Department of Local Government|Department of Local Government]] |url= http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=2750 |access-date=15 November 2006 }}</ref>
| mayor    = Mathew Hatcher
| region   = [[South Coast, New South Wales|South Coast]]
| logo     = Eurobodalla Shire Council Logo.png
| logo_upright   = 1.3
| url      = http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Bega|Bega]]
| fedgov  = *[[Division of Gilmore|Gilmore]]
* [[Division of Eden-Monaro|Eden-Monaro]]
| near-nw  = [[Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council|Queanbeyan–Palerang]] 
| near-w   = [[Snowy Monaro Regional Council|Snowy Monaro]] 
| near-sw  = [[Bega Valley Shire|Bega Valley]]
| near-s   = [[Bega Valley Shire|Bega Valley]]
| near-se  = ''[[Tasman Sea]]''
| near-e   = ''[[Tasman Sea]]''
| near-ne  = [[City of Shoalhaven|Shoalhaven]]
| near-n   = [[City of Shoalhaven|Shoalhaven]]}}

'''Eurobodalla Shire''' is a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] located in the [[South Coast (New South Wales)|South Coast]] region of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. The Shire is located in a largely mountainous coastal region and situated adjacent to the ''[[Tasman Sea]]'', the [[Princes Highway]] and the [[Kings Highway, Australia|Kings Highway]].

The [[mayor]] of Eurobodalla Shire Council is [[Councillor|Cr.]] Mathew Hatcher, an [[Independent (politician)|unaligned]] politician.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/eurobodalla-shire-council/mayoral |title=NSW Electoral Commission – Local Government Elections 2016 |access-date=7 October 2012 |archive-date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107011141/http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/eurobodalla-shire-council/mayoral |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

He is also the youngest mayor, in the modern-era, ever for the Eurobodalla.{{cn|date=December 2022}} The Deputy Mayor, Cllr Alison Worthington, is the first female Deputy Mayor for the Eurobodalla.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

==Towns and localities==
The shire chambers are located in the town of [[Moruya, New South Wales|Moruya]] in the central part of the Shire. Other major towns within the shire include [[Batemans Bay]] and [[Narooma, New South Wales|Narooma]]. Smaller towns, suburbs and hamlets include:
{{Columns-list |colwidth=10em |
*Akolele
*Angledale
*[[Araluen, New South Wales|Araluen]] (part)
*[[Batehaven, New South Wales|Batehaven]]
*Belowra
*Benandarah
*Bergalia
*[[Bimbimbie]]
*Bingie
*[[Bodalla, New South Wales|Bodalla]]
*[[Broulee, New South Wales|Broulee]]
*Buckenbowra
*[[Central Tilba, New South Wales|Central Tilba]]
*Cadgee
*[[Catalina, New South Wales|Catalina]]
*Coila
*[[Congo, New South Wales|Congo]]
*[[Corunna, New South Wales|Corunna]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Corunna | website=New South Wales  | url=https://www.australias.guide/nsw/location/corunna/ | access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[Currowan]]
*[[Dalmeny, New South Wales|Dalmeny]]
*[[Denhams Beach, New South Wales|Denhams Beach]]
*[[Deua River Valley]]
*East Lynne (part)
*Eurobodalla
*[[Guerilla Bay]]
*[[Jeremadra]]
*Kianga
*[[Kiora]]
*[[Lilli Pilli (Eurobodalla)|Lilli Pilli]]
*[[Long Beach, New South Wales|Long Beach]]
*[[Maloneys Beach, New South Wales|Maloneys Beach]]
*[[Malua Bay, New South Wales|Malua Bay]]
*Meringo
*[[Merricumbene]]
*Mogendoura
*[[Mogo, New South Wales|Mogo]]
*Moruya Heads
*[[Mossy Point]]
*[[Mystery Bay, New South Wales|Mystery Bay]]
*[[Nelligen, New South Wales|Nelligen]]
*[[Nerrigundah, New South Wales|Nerrigundah]]
*[[North Batemans Bay]]
*North Narooma
*[[Potato Point, New South Wales|Potato Point]]
*[[Rosedale, New South Wales|Rosedale]]
*Runnyford
*[[South Durras, New South Wales|South Durras]]
*[[Sunshine Bay, New South Wales|Sunshine Bay]]
*[[Surf Beach, New South Wales|Surf Beach]]
*[[Surfside, New South Wales|Surfside]]
*[[Tilba Tilba]]
*Tinpot
*[[Tomakin, New South Wales|Tomakin]]
*Turlinjah
*[[Tuross Head, New South Wales|Tuross Head]]
*[[Wallaga Lake Koori Village, New South Wales|Wallaga Lake Koori Village]]
*Wamban
*Woodlands
}}

==History==
The area which is now Eurobodalla Shire was originally the home of the South Coast [[Bugelli-Manji]] and [[Yuin]] [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] peoples{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for Bugelli-Manji|date=September 2018}}.  The council signed a Commitment to Indigenous Australians and a Local Agreement with the Aboriginal Community.<ref name="ATNS">{{cite web|last=Shain |first=Kathryn |year=2005 |url=http://www.atns.net.au/biogs/A000607b.htm |title=Eurobodalla Shire Council |work=Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project – Agreements Database |publisher=University of Melbourne |access-date=22 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520211050/http://www.atns.net.au/biogs/A000607b.htm |archive-date=20 May 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Eurobodalla Shire Council was formed in 1913 with the responsibility for administering local government functions along {{convert|110|km}} of the NSW coast between Durras and Wallaga Lake. The council administers only about 30% of the area of the Shire as the remaining 70% is non-rateable [[crown land]] held as national park and state forest: 40% of the shire is national park, 30% is state forest, 20% is productive farmland and 10% is urban settlement.<ref name="Rosedale">{{cite web |title=Rosedale Association Newsletter |publisher=Rosedale Association |url=http://www.netspeed.com.au/rosedale/Rosedale-1204.pdf |date=December 2004 |access-date=15 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906075433/http://www.netspeed.com.au/rosedale/Rosedale-1204.pdf |archive-date=6 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Shire is unusual in that nearly half of ratepayers are non-residents. Just over 17% of ratepayers are residents of [[Canberra]].  Although the permanent population is around 34,100, the visiting population (who stay more than 3 nights) is 3.1 million per year.<ref name ="Rosedale"/>

==Heritage listings==
The Eurobodalla Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Bergalia, [[Lakeview Homestead Complex]]<ref name=nswshr-471>{{cite NSW SHR|5045536|Lakeview Homestead Complex|hr=00471|fn=S90/04194 & HC 33368|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Montague Island, [[Montague Island Light]]<ref name=nswshr-1000>{{cite NSW SHR|5014097|Montague Island Lightstation|hr=01000|fn=S92/00967/1|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Moruya, Moruya and District Historical Society 85 Campbell Street: [[Abernethy and Co Stonemason's Lathe]]<ref name=nswshr-942>{{cite NSW SHR|5014131|Abernethy and Co Stonemason's Lathe|hr=00942|fn=s91/01421, H04/00147|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Moruya, 13 Page Street: [[Moruya Mechanics' Institute]]<ref name=nswshr-485>{{cite NSW SHR|5045358|Mechanics Institute|hr=00485|fn=S90/03448 & HC 33392|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

==Economy==
The main growth industries in the area are construction, government services, real estate, retail, retirement, aged care, tourism, while dairy farming, forestry, sawmilling and commercial fishing are traditional industries in decline. Eurobodalla Shire is serviced by two highways – the Princes Highway between [[Sydney]] and [[Melbourne]] (part of [[Highway 1 (Australia)|Highway One]] around Australia), and the Kings Highway (National Route 52) linking Batemans Bay to Canberra. [[Moruya Airport]], just east of the township of Moruya, is serviced by regular scheduled commuter flights to Sydney and Melbourne. There are no railways or major seaports in Eurobodalla Shire.

== Census 2021 statistics ==

===Demographics===

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the Local Government Area of Eurobodalla recorded a population of 40,593 people.<ref name="Census"/>
The area of 3,428 square kilometre gives a population density 11.8 people per square kilometre.

====Age distribution====
*Median age: 54, compared to the national median on 38.
*Children aged under 15 years: 13.9%.
*People aged 65 years and over: 32.9%.

====Nation of birth====
* Australia – 77.9%, compared to the national average of 66.9% 
* England – 4.8%
* New Zealand – 1.3%
* Germany – 0.7%
* Scotland – 0.6%
* Netherlands – 0.5%
* Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders: 6.1%

====Languages spoken at home====
* English only – 88.5%
* German – 0.3%
* Italian – 0.3%
* Croatian – 0.2%
* Spanish – 0.2%
* Greek – 0.2%

====Religion====
* No Religion – 41.9%
* Catholic – 18.9%
* Anglican – 17.3%
* Uniting Church – 2.5%

===Housing===
*Median weekly rent: $325
*Median monthly home loan repayments: $1,517
*Median weekly individual income: $618
*Median weekly household income: $1,167

====Household motor vehicle ownership====
*No vehicle – 4.3%
*One vehicle – 38.3%
*Two vehicles – 37.7%
*Three or more vehicles – 17.9%

====Housing tenure====
* Owned outright – 49.3% 
* Owned with a mortgage – 23.8% 
* Rented – 22.5%

====Structure of inhabited dwellings====
* Separate houses – 83.6% 
* Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc. – 8.3% 
* Flats, units or apartments – 5.9% 
* Other dwellings –  1.9%

===Employment===
* Worked full-time – 47.6%
* Worked part-time – 40.4%
* Away from work – 7.9%
* Unemployed – 4.1%

== Council ==
[[File:EurobodallaShireOffices.jpg|thumb|270px|Offices of the Eurobodalla Shire Council at [[Moruya, New South Wales|Moruya]].]]

===Current composition and election method===
Eurobodalla Shire Council is composed of nine [[councillor]]s, including the [[mayor]], for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is [[Instant-runoff voting|directly]] elected while the eight other councillors are elected [[Single transferable vote|proportionally]] as one entire [[Ward (country subdivision)|ward]]. The most recent election was held on 25 October 2021, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, is as follows:<ref name=mayor/><ref name=EC>{{cite web |url=http://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/eurobodalla/councillor |title=Eurobodalla Shire Council: Summary of First Preference and Group Votes for each Candidate |work=Local Government Election 2021 |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |date=23 December 2021 |access-date=29 July 2022 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party!!Councillors
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Advance Eurobodalla
| align=right | 3
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Prefer Pollock	
| align=right | 2
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| A Better Council
| align=right | 1
|-
| {{Australian party style|Australian Labor Party}}|&nbsp;
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]]
| align=right | 1
|-
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}|&nbsp;
| [[Greens New South Wales|Greens]]
| align=right | 1
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| The Mayne Team
| align=right | 1
|-
|
| '''Total'''
| align=right | '''9'''
|}

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:<ref name=EC/><ref>{{cite web |title=20211129-LG-Groups-of-Candidates.pdf |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/NSWEC/media/NSWEC/Registers/Register%20of%20Groups%20of%20Candidates/20211129-LG-Groups-of-Candidates.pdf |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126075605/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/NSWEC/media/NSWEC/Registers/Register%20of%20Groups%20of%20Candidates/20211129-LG-Groups-of-Candidates.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Party!!Notes
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Mat Hatcher
| Advance Eurobodalla
| Mayor<ref name=mayor>{{cite web |url=http://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/eurobodalla/mayoral |title=Eurobodalla Shire Council – Mayoral Election |work=Local Government Election 2021 |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |date=21 December 2021 |access-date=29 July 2022 }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Rob Pollock
| Prefer Pollock
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Noel 'Tubby' Harrison
| A Better Council
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Anthony Mayne
| The Mayne Team
|
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Amber Schutz
| Advance Eurobodalla
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Australian Labor Party}}|&nbsp;
| David Grace
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)| Labor]]
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}|&nbsp;
| Alison Worthington
| [[Greens New South Wales|Greens]]
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Peter Diskon
| Prefer Pollock
| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Tanya Dannock
| Advance Eurobodalla
| 
|}

==Election results==
===2024===
{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in South Coast and Southern Inland|section=Eurobodalla results}}

===2021===
{{excerpt|Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in South Coast and Southern Inland|section=Eurobodalla}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050720150359/http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/mplan/documents.asp?docID=7 Eurobodalla population planning link]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041539/http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/publications/reports/soe2003/soerd/thereport/eurobodalla/themes/human.htm District history]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120325221930/http://www.eurobodallaratepayers.com.au/ Eurobodalla Ratepayers Association]

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