Bundaberg Region

Bundaberg Region Queensland
Location within Queensland
Population	96,936 (2010)
• Density	15.03093/km2 (38.9299/sq mi)
Established	2008
Area	6,449.1 km2 (2,490.0 sq mi)
Mayor	Jack Dempsey
Council seat	Bundaberg
Region	Wide Bay–Burnett
State electorate(s)	Bundaberg Burnett Callide
Federal Division(s)	Hinkler Flynn
Website	Bundaberg Region
LGAs around Bundaberg Region: Gladstone Gladstone Coral Sea North Burnett Bundaberg Region Coral Sea North Burnett North Burnett Fraser Coast

The Bundaberg Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about 360 kilometres (220 mi) north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the city of Bundaberg, and also contains a significant rural area surrounding the city. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the City of Bundaberg with the Shires of Burnett, Isis and Kolan.

The Bundaberg Regional Council, which administers the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$89 million.

History

Local government in the Bundaberg area began on 11 November 1879 with the creation of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. These included the Barolin, Burrum and Kolan divisions.

The first eight years saw several areas break away and become self-governing due to increases in local population. The first was Bundaberg itself, which with an area of 4.1 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi) and a population of 1,192, split from Barolin on 22 April 1881 to form the Municipality of Bundaberg under the Local Government Act 1878. Areas to the south (Woongarra) and north (Gooburrum) of the Burnett River split from Kolan on 31 December 1885, and Barolin on 30 January 1886 respectively, while on 1 January 1887, the Isis Division further to the south split away from Burrum. Thus by 1887, the Municipality of Bundaberg and the Barolin, Gooburrum, Isis, Kolan and Woongarra Divisions covered the entire territory of what is now the Bundaberg Region.

On 31 March 1903, after the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Municipality became a Town while the Divisions became Shires. On 22 November 1913, Bundaberg was proclaimed a City.

On 21 December 1917, the Shire of Barolin was abolished and its area split between the City of Bundaberg and the Shire of Woongarra. Bundaberg grew to 45.2 square kilometres (17.5 sq mi) and was united with what was then its entire suburban extent.

On 21 November 1991, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its second report, and recommended that local government boundaries in the Bundaberg area be rationalised. The Local Government (Bundaberg and Burnett) Regulation 1993 was gazetted on 17 December 1993, and on 30 March 1994, the Shires of Gooburrum and Woongarra were abolished, with most transferred into a new Shire of Burnett. A portion of Woongarra was transferred to the City, more than doubling its area and increasing its population by 8,200 in 1991 census terms.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Bundaberg merged with the Shires of Burnett, Isis and Kolan to form the Bundaberg Region.

Wards and councillors

Although the Commission recommended the council be undivided with ten councillors and a mayor, the gazetted form was that of 10 divisions each electing a single councillor, plus a mayor representing the whole region.

Those elected on 19 March 2016 were as follows:

• Mayor: Jack Dempsey
• Division 1 Councillor: Jason Bartels
• Division 2 Councillor: Bill Trevor
• Division 3 Councillor: Wayne Honor
• Division 4 Councillor: Helen Blackburn
• Division 5 Councillor: Greg Barnes
• Division 6 Councillor: Scott Rowleson
• Division 7 Councillor: Ross Sommerfeld
• Division 8 Councillor: David Batt
• Division 9 Councillor: Judy Peters
• Division 10 Councillor: Peter Heuser

Mayors

Term start	Term end	Mayor	Notes
2008	May 2012	Lorraine Pyefinch
May 2012	March 2016	Malcolm Foreman
March 2016	current	Jack Dempsey

Suburbs

Bundaberg Ashfield Avenell Heights Avoca Bargara Branyan Bundaberg Central Bundaberg East Bundaberg North Bundaberg South Bundaberg West Burnett Heads Coral Cove Elliott Heads Innes Park Kalkie Kensington Kepnock Millbank Mon Repos Norville Qunaba Rubyanna Svensson Heights Thabeban Walkervale Windermere

North and West Abbotsford Avondale Bucca Bullyard Bungadoo Fairymead Gin Gin Gooburrum Kalpowar Littabella Maroondan McIlwraith Meadowvale Miara Moore Park Moorland Oakwood Rosedale Sharon South Kolan Tirroan Wallaville Watalgan Waterloo Welcome Creek Winfield Yandaran

South Alloway Apple Tree Creek Booyal Buxton Calavos Childers Coonarr Cordalba Doolbi Electra Elliott Farnsfield Givelda Goodwood Horton Isis Central Kinkuna North Isis Pine Creek Port Bundaberg Redridge South Bingera Woodgate Woongarra

Population

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008. The next census, due in 2011, will be the first for the new Region.

Year	Population (Region total)	Population (Bundaberg)	Population (Gooburrum)	Population (Woongarra)	Population (Isis)	Population (Kolan)
1921	20,731	9,276	2,922	2,513	3,500	2,520
1933	25,387	11,466	3,915	3,287	3,778	2,941
1947	29,237	15,926	3,825	3,345	3,639	2,502
1954	34,531	19,951	4,131	3,704	4,243	2,502
1961	37,968	22,839	4,372	4,149	3,951	2,657
1966	41,444	25,402	4,776	4,934	3,718	2,614
1971	43,332	27,324	4,519	5,150	3,666	2,673
1976	51,084	30,456	5,227	8,791	3,926	2,684
1981	52,444	30,937	5,261	9,865	4,023	2,358
1986	55,990	31,427	5,917	11,915	4,082	2,649
1991	64,188	32,737*	7,117	16,491	4,825	3,018
1996	73,846	42,554	21,218		5,878	4,196
2001	77,323	43,146	23,598		6,045	4,534
2006	84,434	45,901	27,232		6,663	4,638

* The population of the 1996 area of Bundaberg in 1991 was 41,219.

External links

• Official website
• ECQ map of divisions