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What so many of us love about the Shoalhaven is the wide-open spaces. Ours is a low-density area, meaning we have less rateable properties per square km than other councils. In 2023, we had 12.5 rateable properties per square km which generated $17,138. This compares to Shellharbour with 201 properties and rates income of $327,800 per square km, Wollongong with 119 properties and $191,400 per square km and Kiama with 39 properties and $67,600 per square km. Of the 11 Group 5 categorised councils plus Kiama (neighbour), Shoalhaven ranked 9th in 2023 for rates income generated per square km. Click on the density table in the photo library on this page to see further detail.
The low rating income per square km becomes problematic as we are responsible for managing the second longest road length (1,839km) and the third largest open public space (2,177 ha) area of the 12 comparable councils, meaning we are managing considerably more public assets with considerably less money.
What so many of us love about the Shoalhaven is the wide-open spaces. Ours is a low-density area, meaning we have less rateable properties per square km than other councils. In 2023, we had 12.5 rateable properties per square km which generated $17,138. This compares to Shellharbour with 201 properties and rates income of $327,800 per square km, Wollongong with 119 properties and $191,400 per square km and Kiama with 39 properties and $67,600 per square km. Of the 11 Group 5 categorised councils plus Kiama (neighbour), Shoalhaven ranked 9th in 2023 for rates income generated per square km. Click on the density table in the photo library on this page to see further detail.
The low rating income per square km becomes problematic as we are responsible for managing the second longest road length (1,839km) and the third largest open public space (2,177 ha) area of the 12 comparable councils, meaning we are managing considerably more public assets with considerably less money.
