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4. NSW local government areas in 2006 by Australian Standard Geographic Classification category based on Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+).

NSW local government areas in 2006 by Australian Standard Geographic Classification category based on Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+).

	% of population in ASGC/ARIA+ category							% of population in ASGC/ARIA+ category
LGA	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote		LGA	Major cities	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote
Ashfield	100.00	.	.	.	.		Junee	.	94.60	5.40	.	.
Auburn	100.00	.	.	.	.		Greater Taree	.	93.64	6.36	.	.
Bankstown	100.00	.	.	.	.		Dubbo	.	93.06	6.94	.	.
Blacktown	100.00	.	.	.	.		Oberon	.	91.77	8.23	.	.
Botany Bay	100.00	.	.	.	.		Armidale Dumaresq	.	91.16	8.84	.	.
Burwood	100.00	.	.	.	.		Greater Hume Shire	.	89.62	10.38	.	.
Campbelltown	100.00	.	.	.	.		Harden	.	88.33	11.67	.	.
Canada Bay	100.00	.	.	.	.		Tamworth Regional	.	83.76	16.24	.	.
Canterbury	100.00	.	.	.	.		Cowra	.	83.67	16.33	.	.
Fairfield	100.00	.	.	.	.		Upper Lachlan	.	81.94	18.06	.	.
Holroyd	100.00	.	.	.	.		Cooma-Monaro	.	81.68	18.32	.	.
Hunters Hill	100.00	.	.	.	.		Clarence Valley	.	81.19	18.81	.	.
Hurstville	100.00	.	.	.	.		Tumut Shire	.	80.69	19.31	.	.
Kogarah	100.00	.	.	.	.		Young	.	80.50	19.50	.	.
Ku-ring-gai	100.00	.	.	.	.		Gundagai	.	75.74	24.26	.	.
Lane Cove	100.00	.	.	.	.		Kyogle	.	74.18	25.82	.	.
Leichhardt	100.00	.	.	.	.		Murray	.	73.40	26.60	.	.
Manly	100.00	.	.	.	.		Cabonne	.	68.37	31.63	.	.
Marrickville	100.00	.	.	.	.		Eurobodalla	.	67.91	32.09	.	.
Mosman	100.00	.	.	.	.		Mid-Western Regional	.	64.45	35.55	.	.
Newcastle	100.00	.	.	.	.		Boorowa	.	57.72	42.28	.	.
North Sydney	100.00	.	.	.	.		Upper Hunter Shire	.	54.74	45.26	.	.
Parramatta	100.00	.	.	.	.		Coolamon	.	52.28	47.72	.	.
Randwick	100.00	.	.	.	.		Gloucester	.	50.67	49.33	.	.
Rockdale	100.00	.	.	.	.		Kempsey	.	48.63	51.37	.	.
Ryde	100.00	.	.	.	.		Berrigan	.	46.65	53.35	.	.
Strathfield	100.00	.	.	.	.		Uralla	.	39.07	60.93	.	.
Sydney	100.00	.	.	.	.		Lockhart	.	32.88	67.12	.	.
Warringgah	100.00	.	.	.	.		Bellingen	.	27.38	72.62	.	.
Waverley	100.00	.	.	.	.		Liverpool Plains	.	19.11	80.89	.	.
Willoughby	100.00	.	.	.	.		Snowy River	.	7.99	92.01	.	.
Woollahra	100.00	.	.	.	.		Bombala	.	.	100.00	.	.
Wollongong	99.40	.60	.	.	.		Broken Hill	.	.	100.00	.	.
Pittwater	99.36	0.64	.	.	.		Conargo	.	.	100.00	.	.
Shellharbour	98.66	1.34	.	.	.		Forbes	.	.	100.00	.	.
Sutherland Shire	98.60	1.40	.	.	.		Gilgandra	.	.	100.00	.	.
Queanbeyan	98.09	1.91	.	.	.		Glen Innes Severn	.	.	100.00	.	.
Liverpool	97.84	2.16	.	.	.		Griffith	.	.	100.00	.	.
Penrith	97.61	2.39	.	.	.		Gunnedah	.	.	100.00	.	.
Wyong	96.96	3.04	.	.	.		Guyra	.	.	100.00	.	.
Gosford	96.76	3.24	.	.	.		Gwydir	.	.	100.00	.	.
Hornsby	96.73	3.27	.	.	.		Jerilderie	.	.	100.00	.	.
Camden	96.11	3.89	.	.	.		Leeton	.	.	100.00	.	.
Baulkham Hills	95.63	4.37	.	.	.		Nambucca	.	.	100.00	.	.
Maitland	95.33	4.67	.	.	.		Narrandera	.	.	100.00	.	.
Blue Mountains	92.47	7.53	.	.	.		Narromine	.	.	100.00	.	.
Lake Macquarie	90.19	9.81	.	.	.		Parkes	.	.	100.00	.	.
Tweed	75.48	24.52	.	.	.		Temora	.	.	100.00	.	.
Hawkesbury	57.71	41.63	0.66	.	.		Tenterfield	.	.	100.00	.	.
Cessnock	31.15	68.65	0.20	.	.		Tumbarumba	.	.	100.00	.	.
Port Stephens	25.02	74.98	.	.	.		Wakool	.	.	100.00	.	.
Yass Valley	3.43	91.42	5.15	.	.		Weddin	.	.	100.00	.	.
Wollondilly	2.94	97.06	.	.	.		Wellington	.	.	100.00	.	.
Albury	.	100.00	.	.	.		Bega Valley	.	.	98.99	1.01	.
Ballina	.	100.00	.	.	.		Inverell	.	.	98.75	1.25	.
Byron	.	100.00	.	.	.		Bland	.	.	98.57	1.43	.
Deniliquin	.	100.00	.	.	.		Murrumbidgee	.	.	96.58	3.42	.
Kiama	.	100.00	.	.	.		Narrabri	.	.	93.55	6.45	.
Lismore	.	100.00	.	.	.		Wentworth	.	.	91.63	8.37	.
Orange	.	100.00	.	.	.		Warrumbungle Shire	.	.	90.67	9.33	.
Wingecarribee	.	100.00	.	.	.		Moree Plains	.	.	87.18	12.82	.
Shoalhaven	.	99.73	0.27	.	.		Balranald	.	.	85.92	14.08	.
Lithgow	.	99.43	0.57	.	.		Hay	.	.	80.71	19.29	.
Richmond Valley	.	99.30	0.70	.	.		Warren	.	.	77.70	22.30	.
Singleton	.	99.13	0.87	.	.		Lachlan	.	.	70.57	29.43	.
Bathurst Regional	.	98.65	1.35	.	.		Carrathool	.	.	37.36	62.64	.
Wagga Wagga	.	98.08	1.92	.	.		Unincorporated NSW	.	.	10.71	23.69	65.60
Corowa Shire	.	96.93	3.07	.	.		Coonamble	.	.	9.51	90.49	.
Coffs Harbour	.	96.72	3.28	.	.		Bogan	.	.	.	100.00	.
Blayney	.	96.49	3.51	.	.		Walgett	.	.	.	94.80	5.20
Muswellbrook	.	96.01	3.99	.	.		Cobar	.	.	.	93.52	6.48
Dungog	.	95.91	4.09	.	.		Bourke	.	.	.	64.49	35.51
Palerang	.	95.82	4.18	.	.		Brewarrina	.	.	.	60.61	39.39
Hastings	.	95.81	4.19	.	.		Central Darling	.	.	.	30.50	69.50
Great Lakes	.	94.84	5.16	.	.

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Last updated on 15 January 2009

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