Hay Shire

The Hay Shire is a local government area in the Riverina area of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Shire comprises 11,326 square kilometres (4,373 sq mi) and is located adjacent to the Sturt, Mid-western and Cobb Highways. The area includes the towns of Hay, Booligal and Maude.

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Hay Shire was established in 1965 by the amalgamation of the Municipality of Hay with the surrounding Waradgery Shire.^[4]

The mayor of Hay Shire is Cr. Carol Oataway, an unaligned politician who had previously held the position of Principal of Hay Public School.^[3]^[5]

Selected historical census data for Hay Shire local government area
Census year		2001^[6]	2006^[7]	2011^[8]	2016^[9]	2021^[1]
Population	Estimated residents on census night	3,562	3,383	2,956	2,946	2,884
	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders (%)	3.5%	4.2%	5.6%	6.0%	8.3%
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			123rd	121st	121st
	% of New South Wales population	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
	% of Australian population	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
Cultural and linguistic diversity		2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
Country of birth (top responses)	Australia	90.4%	90.5%	88.2%	80.3%	80.0%
	India			0.7%	0.5%	1.3%
	New Zealand	0.8%	1.1%	0.8%	1.3%	1.1%
	England	1.0%	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%
	Fiji				0.4%	0.6%
	Scotland	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%
Language (top responses, other than English)	Italian	1.1%	0.8%	1.2%	0.8%	0.7%
	Punjabi				0.3%	0.6%
	Fijian	0.2%			0.5%	0.4%
	Afrikaans					0.4%
	Malayalam					0.3%
Religious affiliation		2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
Religious affiliation (top responses)	Catholic	36.4%	36.1%	35.8%	31.9%	27.6%
	No Religion	7.1%	10.4%	10.9%	16.3%	24.3%
	Anglican	31.8%	31.1%	31.1%	24.7%	21.7%
	Not stated	n/c	n/c	n/c	12.8%	12.3%
	Presbyterian and Reformed	9.2%	7.9%	7.9%	5.8%	4.8%
Median weekly incomes		2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$404	A$441	A$587	A$700
Personal income	% of Australian median income		86.7%	76.4%	88.7%	86.9%
Family income	Median weekly family income		A$983	A$981	A$1,344	A$1,622
Family income	% of Australian median income		83.9%	66.2%	77.5%	76.5%
Household income	Median weekly household income		A$741	A$805	A$1,075	A$1,236
Household income	% of Australian median income		72.2%	65.2%	74.8%	70.8%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Carol Oataway (elected)	366	22.79
	Independent	Will Miller (elected)	348	21.67
	Independent	Lionel Garner (elected)	200	12.45
	Independent	Martyn Quinn (elected)	197	12.27
	Independent	Darren Tapper (elected)	141	8.78
	Independent	Geoff Chapman (elected)	97	6.04
	Independent	David Townsend	82	5.11
	Independent	Paul Porter (elected)	79	4.92
	Independent	John Perry (elected)	76	4.73
	Independent	Steven Young	20	1.25
Total formal votes			1,606	100
Informal votes			55
Turnout			1,661

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jenny Dwyer (elected)	491	28.1
	Independent	Martyn Quinn (elected)	264	15.1
	Independent	Peter Handford (elected)	198	11.3
	Independent	Peter Dwyer (elected)	190	10.9
	Independent	Carol Oataway (elected)	117	6.7
	Independent	Lionel Garner (elected)	103	5.9
	Independent	Geoff Chapman (elected)	90	5.2
	Independent	John Perry	64	3.7
	Independent	Darren Clarke	62	3.5
	Independent	Paul Porter (elected)	57	3.3
	Independent	Beverley McRae	48	2.7
	Independent	David Townsend	33	1.9
	Independent	Megan Ruska	30	1.7
Total formal votes			1,747	97.4
Informal votes			47	2.6
Turnout			1,794	83.6

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