List of local government areas in New South Wales

This is a list of local government areas (LGA) of New South Wales in Australia.

As of September 22, 2022^[update], there are 128 local government areas in New South Wales.^[1][2]

Local government area	Region	Area			Population				Density (people/km2)		References
		km2	sq mi	Rank	2016 census	Rank	2021 census	Rank	2021 census	Rank
Albury, City of	Riverina	307	119	108	53,767	44	56,093	43	182.71	37	[3]
Armidale Regional Council	New England	8,621	3,329	27	29,449	60	29,124	61	3.38	79	[4]
Ballina Shire	Northern Rivers	484	187	93	41,790	50	46,296	49	95.65	40	[5]
Balranald Shire	Riverina	21,693	8,376	7	2,287	126	2,208	126	0.10	123	[6]
Bathurst Region	Central West	3,820	1,470	56	41,300	51	43,567	52	11.40	59	[7]
Bayside Council	St George-Sutherland	50	19	115	156,058	17	175,184	17	3,503.68	12	[8]
Bega Valley Shire	South Coast	6,279	2,424	37	33,253	57	35,942	58	5.72	69	[9]
Bellingen Shire	Mid North Coast	1,602	619	81	12,668	84	13,253	81	8.27	64	[10]
Berrigan Shire	Riverina	2,066	798	76	8,462	97	8,665	96	4.19	78	[11]
Blacktown City Council	Western Sydney	247	95	104	336,962	2	396,776	1	1,606.38	21	[12]
Bland Shire	Central West / Riverina	8,560	3,310	29	5,995	109	5,547	110	0.65	113	[13]
Blayney Shire	Central West	1,525	589	82	7,257	100	7,497	100	4.92	72	[14]
Blue Mountains, City of	Western Sydney / Blue Mountains	1,432	553	84	76,904	31	78,121	32	54.55	46	[15][16]
Bogan Shire	Orana	14,611	5,641	12	2,692	124	2,467	124	0.17	121	[17]
Bourke Shire	Orana	41,679	16,092	4	2,634	125	2,340	125	0.06	127	[18]
Brewarrina Shire	Orana	19,188	7,409	8	1,651	128	1,356	128	0.07	126	[19]
Broken Hill, City of	Far West	170	66	107	17,708	72	17,588	73	101.69	39	[20]
Burwood Council	Inner West	7	2.7	130	36,809	55	40,217	55	5,745.28	4	[21]
Byron Shire	Northern Rivers	567	219	92	31,556	58	36,116	57	63.70	45	[22]
Cabonne Shire	Central West	6,026	2,327	38	13,386	80	13,766	79	2.28	86	[23]
Camden Council	Macarthur / Western Sydney	201	78	105	78,219	29	119,325	24	593.66	27	[24]
Campbelltown, City of	Macarthur / Western Sydney	312	120	99	157,006	16	176,519	16	565.77	28	[25]
Canada Bay, City of	Inner West	20	7.7	122	88,015	27	89,177	29	4,458.85	7	[26]
Canterbury-Bankstown, City of	Inner West / Western Sydney	72	28	113	346,302	1	371,006	2	5,152.86	6	[27][28]
Carrathool Shire	Central West / Riverina	18,933	7,310	9	2,719	123	2,866	122	0.15	122	[29]
Central Coast Council	Central Coast	1,681	649	79	327,736	3	346,596	3	206.18	36	[30][31]
Central Darling Shire	Far West	53,511	20,661	2	1,833	127	1,725	127	0.03	128	[32]
Cessnock, City of	Hunter	1,966	759	78	55,560	42	63,632	40	32.37	49	[33]
Clarence Valley Council	Northern Rivers	10,441	4,031	18	50,671	45	54,115	45	5.18	70	[34]
Cobar Shire	Orana	44,065	17,014	3	4,647	113	4,059	115	0.09	124	[35]
Coffs Harbour, City of	Mid North Coast	1,175	454	87	72,944	33	78,759	31	67.03	44	[36]
Coolamon Shire	Riverina	2,433	939	74	4,315	114	4,385	113	1.80	93	[37]
Coonamble Shire	Orana	9,926	3,832	20	3,918	116	3,732	116	0.37	116	[38]
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council	Riverina	3,981	1,537	55	11,141	89	11,403	89	2.86	82	[39][40]
Cowra Shire	Central West	2,810	1,080	68	12,460	85	12,724	86	4.53	75	[41]
Cumberland City Council	Western Sydney	72	28	113	216,079	7	235,439	6	3,269.99	14	[42][43]
Dubbo Regional Council	Orana	7,536	2,910	31	50,077	46	54,922	44	7.29	66	[44][45]
Dungog Shire	Hunter	2,251	869	75	8,975	93	9,541	91	4.24	77	[46]
Edward River Council	Riverina	8,881	3,429	25	8,851	95	8,456	98	0.95	107	[47][48]
Eurobodalla Shire	South Coast	3,428	1,324	60	37,232	54	40,593	54	11.84	58	[49]
Fairfield, City of	Western Sydney	102	39	110	198,817	11	208,475	13	2,043.87	20	[50]
Federation Council	Riverina	5,685	2,195	41	12,777	83	12,899	83	2.27	87	[51][52]
Forbes Shire	Central West	4,720	1,820	50	9,587	91	9,319	93	1.97	90	[53]
Georges River Council	St George-Sutherland	38	15	117	146,841	19	152,274	19	4,007.21	9	[54][55]
Gilgandra Shire	Orana	4,836	1,867	48	4,236	115	4,295	114	0.89	109	[56]
Glen Innes Severn Council	New England	5,487	2,119	42	8,836	96	8,931	95	1.63	96	[57]
Goulburn Mulwaree Council	Southern Tablelands	3,220	1,240	65	29,609	59	32,053	59	9.95	60	[58]
Greater Hume Shire	Riverina	5,746	2,219	40	10,351	90	11,157	90	1.94	91	[59]
Griffith, City of	Riverina	1,640	630	80	25,641	63	27,086	63	16.51	55	[60]
Gunnedah Shire	New England	4,994	1,928	46	12,215	86	12,929	82	2.59	84	[61]
Gwydir Shire	New England	9,453	3,650	22	5,258	112	4,910	112	0.52	114	[62]
Hawkesbury, City of	Western Sydney	2,793	1,078	70	64,592	38	67,207	39	24.06	50	[63][64]
Hay Shire	Riverina	11,326	4,373	16	2,946	121	2,882	121	0.25	118	[65]
Hills Shire, The	Hills District	401	155	96	157,243	15	191,876	14	478.49	31	[66]
Hilltops Council	Southern Tablelands	7,139	2,756	34	18,498	71	19,254	71	41.67	47	[67][68]
Hornsby Shire	North Shore / Northern Suburbs	462	178	94	142,667	20	151,811	20	328.59	33	[69]
Hunter's Hill, Municipality of	Northern Suburbs	6	2.3	131	13,999	79	13,559	80	2,259.83	19	[70]
Inner West Council	Inner West	35	14	119	182,043	14	182,818	15	5,223.37	5	[71][72]
Inverell Shire	New England	8,606	3,323	28	16,483	73	17,853	72	2.07	89	[73]
Junee Shire	Riverina	2,030	780	77	6,295	104	6,415	103	3.16	80	[74]
Kempsey Shire	Mid North Coast	3,380	1,310	63	28,885	61	30,688	60	9.08	63	[75]
Kiama, Municipality of	Illawarra	258	100	102	21,464	67	23,074	67	89.43	41	[76]
Ku-ring-gai Council	North Shore	86	33	111	118,053	22	124,076	23	1,442.74	22	[77]
Kyogle Council	Northern Rivers	3,589	1,386	59	8,940	94	9,359	92	2.61	83	[78]
Lachlan Shire	Central West	7,431	2,869	32	6,194	105	6,094	105	0.82	110	[79]
Lake Macquarie, City of	Hunter	648	250	91	197,371	12	213,845	11	330	32	[80]
Lane Cove, Municipality of	North Shore	11	4.2	126	36,051	56	39,438	56	3,585.27	11	[81]
Leeton Shire	Riverina	1,167	451	88	11,168	88	11,452	88	9.81	61	[82]
Lismore, City of	Northern Rivers	1,290	500	86	43,135	49	44,334	51	34.37	48	[83]
Lithgow, City of	Central West / Blue Mountains	4,551	1,757	52	21,090	68	20,842	69	4.58	74	[84]
Liverpool, City of	Western Sydney	306	118	100	204,326	9	233,446	7	762.89	25	[85]
Liverpool Plains Shire	New England	5,086	1,964	45	7,687	99	7,551	99	1.48	98	[86]
Lockhart Shire	Riverina	2,895	1,118	67	3,119	119	3,319	119	0.08	125	[87]
Lord Howe Island		15	5.8	123	382	130	445				[88][89]
Maitland, City of	Hunter	392	151	97	77,305	30	90,226	28	230.17	35	[90]
Mid-Coast Council	Mid North Coast	10,053	3,881	19	90,303	26	96,579	27	9.60	62	[91][92]
Mid-Western Regional	Central West	8,737	3,373	26	24,076	64	25,713	64	2.94	81	[93]
Moree Plains Shire	New England	17,930	6,920	10	13,159	81	12,751	85	0.71	112	[94]
Mosman Council	North Shore	9	3.5	128	28,475	62	28,329	62	3,147.67	17	[95]
Murray River Council	Riverina	11,865	4,581	15	11,680	87	12,850	84	1.08	104	[96][97]
Murrumbidgee Council	Riverina	6,880	2,660	36	3,836	117	3,353	118	0.49	115	[98][99]
Muswellbrook Shire	Hunter	3,405	1,315	62	16,086	75	16,357	75	4.80	73	[100]
Nambucca Shire	Mid North Coast	1,491	576	83	19,212	70	20,407	70	13.69	57	[101]
Narrandera Shire	Riverina	4,117	1,590	53	5,853	110	5,698	108	1.38	100	[102]
Narrabri Shire	North West Slopes / Northern Tablelands	13,031	5,031	13	13,084	82	12,703	87	0.97	106	[103]
Narromine Shire	Orana	5,264	2,032	44	6,444	103	6,360	104	1.21	101	[104]
Newcastle, City of	Hunter	187	72	106	155,411	18	168,873	18	903.06	24	[105]
Northern Beaches Council	Northern Beaches	254	98	103	252,878	4	263,554	4	1,037.61	23	[106][107]
North Sydney Council	North Shore	11	4.2	126	67,658	36	68,950	36	6,268.18	3	[108]
Oberon Shire	Central West	3,659	1,413	58	5,301	111	5,580	109	1.52	97	[109]
Orange, City of	Central West	285	110	101	40,344	52	43,512	53	152.67	38	[110]
Parkes Shire	Central West	5,958	2,300	39	14,608	76	14,361	77	2.41	85	[111]
Parramatta Council, City of	Western Sydney / Northern Suburbs	82	32	112	226,149	5	256,729	5	3,130.84	18	[112][113]
Penrith, City of	Western Sydney	405	156	95	196,066	13	217,664	9	537.44	29	[114][115]
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council	Mid North Coast	3,686	1,423	57	78,539	28	86,762	30	23.54	52	[116][117]
Port Stephens Council	Hunter	979	378	89	69,556	34	75,276	35	76.89	42	[118]
Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council	Southern Tablelands	8,960	3,460	23	56,027	41	63,304	41	7.06	67	[119][120]
Randwick, City of	Eastern Suburbs	36	14	118	140,660	21	134,252	21	3,729.22	10	[121]
Richmond Valley Council	Northern Rivers	3,051	1,178	66	22,807	66	23,565	66	7.72	65	[122]
Ryde, City of	Northern Suburbs	41	16	116	116,302	23	129,123	22	3,149.34	16	[123]
Singleton Council	Hunter	4,893	1,889	47	22,987	65	24,577	65	5.02	71	[124]
Shellharbour, City of	Illawarra / South Coast	147	57	109	68,460	35	76,271	33	518.85	30	[125]
Shoalhaven, City of	South Coast	4,567	1,763	51	99,650	24	108,531	25	23.76	51	[126]
Snowy Monaro Regional Council	Snowy Mountains / Monaro	15,162	5,854	11	20,218	69	21,666	68	1.43	99	[127][128]
Snowy Valleys Council	Riverina	8,960	3,460	23	14,395	77	14,891	76	1.66	95	[129][130]
Strathfield, Municipality of	Inner West	14	5.4	124	40,312	53	45,593	50	3,256.64	15	[131]
Sutherland Shire	St George-Sutherland	370	140	98	218,464	6	230,211	8	622.19	26	[132]
Sydney, City of	Sydney CBD	25	9.7	120	208,374	8	211,632	12	8,465.28	1	[133][134]
Tamworth Regional Council	New England	9,892	3,819	21	59,663	40	63,070	42	6.37	68	[135]
Temora Shire	Riverina	2,802	1,082	69	6,110	106	6,034	106	2.15	88	[136]
Tenterfield Shire	New England	7,332	2,831	33	6,628	102	6,810	102	0.93	108	[137]
Tweed Shire	Northern Rivers	1,321	510	85	91,371	25	97,392	26	73.72	43	[138]
Unincorporated Far West	Far West	93,300	36,000	1	698a	129	1,016	129	0.01	129	[139]
Upper Hunter Shire	Hunter	8,096	3,126	30	14,112	78	14,229	78	1.76	94	[140]
Upper Lachlan Shire	Southern Tablelands	7,102	2,742	35	7,695	98	8,514	97	1.20	102	[141]
Uralla Shire	New England	3,230	1,250	64	6,048	108	5,971	107	1.85	92	[142]
Wagga Wagga, City of	Riverina	4,826	1,863	49	62,385	39	67,609	38	14	56	[143]
Walcha Shire	New England	2,621	1,012	72	3,092	120	3,016	120	1.15	103	[144][145]
Walgett Shire	Orana	22,336	8,624	6	6,107	107	5,253	111	0.23	120	[146]
Warren Shire	Orana	10,760	4,150	17	2,732	122	2,550	123	0.24	119	[147]
Warrumbungle Shire	Orana	12,380	4,780	14	9,384	92	9,225	94	0.74	111	[148]
Waverley Council	Eastern Suburbs	9	3.5	128	66,812	37	68,605	37	7,622.78	2	[149][150]
Weddin Shire	Central West	3,410	1,320	61	3,664	118	3,608	117	1.06	105	[151]
Wentworth Shire	Riverina	26,269	10,143	5	6,794	101	7,453	101	0.28	117	[152][153]
Willoughby, City of	North Shore	23	8.9	121	74,302	32	75,613	34	3,287.52	13	[154]
Wingecarribee Shire	Illawarra / Southern Highlands	2,689	1,038	71	47,882	48	52,709	48	19.60	54	[155]
Wollondilly Shire	Macarthur / Western Sydney	2,560	990	73	48,519	47	53,961	46	21.08	53	[156]
Wollongong, City of	Illawarra	684	264	90	203,630	10	214,564	10	313.69	34	[157]
Woollahra, Municipality of	Eastern Suburbs	12	4.6	125	54,240	43	53,496	47	4,458	8	[158][159]
Yass Valley Council	Southern Tablelands / Riverina	3,999	1,544	54	16,142	74	17,281	74	4.32	76	[160]

See also

• New South Wales portal

• Local government areas of New South Wales
• List of former local government areas in New South Wales