were affected despite the extensive damage. On 6 June, extensive rebuilding of the roof of said store was carried out and the store had its iron sheet roof reinstalled on 20 June of that year. In late 2019, a KFC, McDonalds and 7-Eleven service station opened on the western side of Jerrabomberra. The suburb falls within the Federal division of Eden-Monaro, a seat traditionally viewed as a "bellwether seat" due to its propensity for being won by the party that also won the majority of seats. However, the seat was won by Mike Kelly (Labor) in 2016 in an election narrowly won by the Liberal Party. Following Kelly's resignation, Eden-Monaro was held by Kristy McBain (Labor) at a 2020 by-election and again at the 2022 general election. Jerrabomberra is also part of the state seat of Monaro which is held by the National Party's Nichole Overall. Jerrabomberra is also represented by an active residents association (JRA) established in October 1990. The Jerrabomberra Residents Association Inc. (JRA) endeavours to represent the interests of the Jerrabomberra community at the local, state and federal level in relation to issues directly affecting the Jerrabomberra community. Geographical Aspects The Heights is mainly situated on the base of Jerrabomberra Mountain. This mountain divides most of Jerrabomberra from Queanbeyan on the north-east and North Terrace on the north-west. The Park is situated on the plain to the south. This urban area runs down to Jerrabomberra Lake, an artificial lake that drains into Jerrabomberra Creek and is dominated by Cove Island, est. 1992 (an artificial island which consists of eight homes and a central common facility entailing a tennis court, swimming pool and sauna), then sprawls across Cassina Rise on the South. Population At the ] of Population, there are 9,601 people in Jerrabomberra. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population. 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 3.0% and India and New Zealand 1.3% each. 85.0% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 1.5%, Italian 1.1%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.8%, Catholic 27.8% and Anglican 13.0%. Education and Childcare Jerrabomberra Public School opened in 2002 and now caters for over 800 students K-6. Achieving results above the State average across the curriculum with particular strengths in literacy and numeracy the school