Wagga Wagga New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	35°08′S 147°22′E / 35.133°S 147.367°E / -35.133; 147.367
Population	62,385 (2016)[1] 70,339 (2022 est.)[2]
• Density	12.92712/km2 (33.4811/sq mi)
Established	15 March 1870 (Borough)[3] 17 April 1946 (City)[4]
Area	4,825.9 km2 (1,863.3 sq mi)[5]
Mayor	Dallas Tout[6]
Council seat	Wagga Wagga[7]
Region	Riverina
State electorate(s)	Wagga Wagga
Federal division(s)	Riverina
Website	Wagga Wagga
LGAs around Wagga Wagga: Coolamon Junee Cootamundra-Gundagai Narrandera Wagga Wagga Snowy Valleys Lockhart Greater Hume Snowy Valleys

City of Wagga Wagga is a local government area in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia.

The mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga is Cr. Dallas Tout, an independent politician.^[6]

The City of Wagga Wagga includes the suburbs of

Wagga Wagga was first incorporated as the Borough of Wagga Wagga on 15 March 1870.^[8] It received city status and became the City of Wagga Wagga on 17 April 1946. The municipality enlarged substantially on 1 January 1981 when the adjoining Shire of Kyeamba and Shire of Mitchell were amalgamated into the City.^[9]

The City of Wagga Wagga has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Bomen, Main Southern railway: Bomen railway station^[10]
• Tarcutta, Tarcutta Street: Hambledon Homestead^[11]
• Wagga Wagga, Botanic Gardens Site (BGS), Baden Powell Drive: Mobile Cook's Galley, Museum of the Riverina^[12]
• Wagga Wagga, Main Southern railway: Wagga Wagga railway station^[13]

At the 2021 census, there were 69,047 people in the City of Wagga Wagga local government area, of these 48.9 per cent were male and 51.1 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6 per cent of the population, which was twice the national average of 2.9 per cent. The median age of people in the City of Wagga Wagga was 35 years, which was lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.3 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.6 per cent were married and 11.4 per cent were either divorced or separated.^[1]

Population growth in the Tamworth Regional Council between the 2011 census and the 2016 census was 4.92 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the City of Wagga Wagga local government area was around half of the national average.^[1] The median weekly income of $1,354 within the City of Wagga Wagga local government area was slightly lower than the national average of $1,438.^[1]

At the 2016 census, the proportion of residents in the Tamworth Regional local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 80 per cent of all residents (national average was around 60 per cent). Approximately two-thirds (67%) of all residents in the City of Wagga Wagga nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2016 census, which was higher than the national average of approximately 60 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the City of Wagga Wagga local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (7.6 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 26.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (87.8 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 68.5 per cent).^[1]

Selected historical census data for the City of Wagga Wagga local government area
Census year			2001	2006[14]	2011[15]	2016[1]
Population		Estimated residents on Census night	54,845	57,015	59,458	62,385
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales				39th
		% of New South Wales population	0.87%	0.87%	0.86%	0.83%
		% of Australian population	0.29%	0.29%	0.28%	0.27%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Australian			34.3%	31.7%
		English			29.2%	29.2%
		Irish			10.4%	10.5%
		Scottish			7.6%	7.9%
		German			4.1%	3.9%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Malayalam				0.6%
		Arabic			0.5%	0.5%
		Mandarin			0.4%	0.5%
		Filipino				0.3%
		Tagalog				0.3%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Catholic			33.2%	30.6%
		No Religion			15.0%	22.2%
		Anglican			23.9%	19.5%
		Presbyterian and Reformed		6.2%	4.9%
		Uniting Church		6.3%	5.5%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income			A$586	A$696
		% of Australian median income
Family income		Median weekly family income			A$1,418	A$1,682
		% of Australian median income
Household income		Median weekly household income			A$1,149	A$1,354
		% of Australian median income

Wagga Wagga City Council (WWCC) is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:^[16]

The current Council, elected in 2021, is:^[16]

A referendum was held on 8 September 2012 and an absolute majority of voters resolved in favour to reduce the number of councillors from eleven to nine.^[18] The change came into effect at the September 2016 elections.

In December 2009, Wagga Wagga City Council announced that it had appointed Phil Pinyon as the general manager of the Wagga Wagga City Council replacing Lyn Russell, who suddenly announced her resignation in October 2009, after completing 18 months of her five-year contract.^[19][20][21]

In April 2020, The Wagga council voted to cut ties with China's Kunming city; a week later they would vote again joining Kunming as a sister city.^{[22][23] [24]}