The Greater Taree City Council (GTCC) was a local government area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, until 12 May 2016 when it was amalgamated to form part of the Mid-Coast Council. It was originally formed in 1981 from the Manning Shire, and the Taree and Wingham Municipal Councils. The council was centred on Taree, located adjacent to the Manning River, the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line. The last serving mayor of GTCC was Cr. Paul Hogan, an unaligned politician. Towns and localities Towns and localities included in the former GTCC were: Taree Wingham Bobin Bohnock Brinawa Burrell Creek Cedar Party Coopernook Coralville Croki Crowdy Head Cundletown Diamond Beach Dumaresq Island Dyers Crossing Elands Ghinni Ghinni Glenwarrin Hallidays Point Hannam Vale Harrington Johns River Jones Island Kippaxs Killabakh Kolodong Koorainghat Krambach Langley Vale Lansdowne Manning Point Marlee Mitchells Island Mooral Creek Moorland Mount George Old Bar Oxley Island Pampoolah Possum Brush Purfleet Rawson River Rocks Crossing Stewarts River Tinonee Upper Lansdowne Waitui Wallabi Point Wang Wauk Wherrol Flat Demographics At the last 2011 Census performed for the local government area, there were people in the GTCC government area, of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population, double the national average. The median age of people in the City of Greater Taree was 46 years; some nine years higher than the national median. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.5% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the GTCC between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census has been 5.39%; and in the subsequent five years was 3.09%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the GTCC local government area was significantly lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the GTCC was significantly below the national average, being one of the factors that place the GTCC in an area of social disadvantage. At the 2011 Census, the last to be performed for the former council, the proportion of residents in the local government area who stated their ancestry as