Ballina Shire Council, located in the Northern Rivers of the Far North Coast of New South Wales, covers an area of 485 km² and serves a resident population of 43,000. Major towns include Ballina, Alstonville, Lennox Head, Wollongbar and Wardell, with a dispersion of villages and hamlets through the picturesque shire. Council’s services and facilities deliver an excellent lifestyle for our residents and visitors. Our prosperous economy is based on construction, retail, tourism, hospitality, health, agriculture and education. Council is mindful that Ballina Shire is in one of the fastest-growing regions in Australia, and we need to protect what we have now while planning for the future.