Award Regions

For the purposes of the NSW Volunteer of the Year Award, the State has been divided into 19 regions which comprise of eight Sydney Regions* and 11 Country Regions**. These are:

Sydney Regions

• Sydney City/ East
• Sydney Hornsby/ North West
• Sydney Inner West
• Sydney Mid West
• Sydney North
• Sydney Outer West/ Blue Mts
• Sydney South
• Sydney South West/ Macarthur

Country Regions

• Central Coast
• Central West
• Hunter
• Illawarra
• Mid North Coast
• Murray
• New England/Northern Inland
• Northern Rivers
• Orana/Far West
• Riverina
• South Coast/Southern Inland

* Sydney Regions have been based on geography and population size. The Centre has structured these regions so that there is a substantial population in each and some natural synergies between the local government areas in each region.

** Country Regions are based on NSW Department of State and Regional Development’s regions apart from: South Coast and Southern Inland are combined into South Coast/ Southern Inland and Orana and Far West/ Outback are combined into Orana/ Far West    

Sydney Regions by Local Government Area (LGA) breakdown

Sydney City/ East

• Botany Bay
• City of Sydney
• Waverley
• Woollahra
• Randwick

Sydney Hornsby/ North West

• Hornsby
• The Hills
• Hawkesbury

Sydney Inner West

• Ashfield
• Burwood
• Canada Bay
• Canterbury
• Leichhardt
• Marrickville
• Strathfield

Sydney Mid West

• Auburn
• Bankstown
• Holroyd
• Parramatta

Sydney North

• Hunters Hill
• Ku-ring-gai
• Lane Cove
• Manly
• Mosman
• North Sydney
• Pittwater
• Ryde
• Warringah
• Willoughby

Sydney Outer West/ Blue Mts

• Blacktown
• Blue Mountains
• Fairfield
• Penrith

Sydney South

• Hurstville
• Kogarah
• Rockdale
• Sutherland

Sydney South West/ Macarthur

• Camden
• Campbelltown
• Liverpool
• Wollondilly

Country Regions by Local Government Area (LGA) breakdown

Central Coast

• Gosford
• Wyong

Central West

• Bathurst
• Bland
• Blayney
• Cabonne
• Cowra
• Forbes
• Lachlan
• Lithgow
• Mid Western Regional
• Oberon
• Orange
• Parkes
• Wedden

Hunter

• Cessnock
• Dungogi
• Gloucester
• Great Lakes
• Lake Macquarie
• Maitland
• Newcastle
• Muswellbrook
• Port Stephens
• Singleton
• Upper Hunter

Illawarra

• Kiama
• Shellharbour
• Shoalhaven
• Wingecarribee
• Wollongong

Mid North Coast

• Bellingen
• Coffs Harbour
• Gloucester
• Greater Taree
• Great Lakes
• Hastings
• Kempsey
• Nambucca

Murray

• Albury City
• Balranald
• Berrigan
• Conargo
• Corowa
• Deniliquin
• Greater Hume
• Jerilderie
• Murray
• Tumbarumba
• Urana
• Wakool
• Wentworth

New England/Northern Inland

• Armidale Dumeresq
• Glenn Innes Severn
• Gunnedah
• Guyra
• Gwydir
• Inverell
• Liverpool Plains
• Moree Plains
• Narrabri
• Tamworth Regional
• Tenterfield
• Uralla
• Walcha

Northern Rivers

• Ballina
• Byron
• Clarence Valley
• Kyogle
• Lismore
• Richmond Valley
• Tweed

Orana/Far West

• Bogan
• Bourke
• Brewarrina
• Broken Hill
• Central Darling
• Cobar
• Coonamble
• Dubbo
• Gilgandra
• Narromine
• Walgett
• Warren
• Warrumbungle
• Wellington

Riverina

• Carathool
• Coolamon
• Cootamundra
• Griffith
• Gundagai
• Hay
• Junee
• Leeton
• Lockhart
• Murrumbidgee
• Narrandera
• Temora
• Wagga Wagga

South Coast/Southern Inland

• Bega Valley
• Bombala
• Boorowa
• Cooma Monaro
• Eurobodalla
• Goulburn Mulwaree
• Harden
• Palerang
• Queanbeyan City
• Snowy River
• Tumut
• Upper Lachlan
• Yass Valley
• Young