The report covers the 13 local government areas in the region, profiles each area’s economy and socio-economic standing and provides information on opportunities that could benefit them and the about 116,000 residents in the future.

It provides a detailed profile on a wide range of opportunities, challenges and issues from crime to the impacts of ageing populations.

The profile said Orana’s gross regional product was almost $5 billion with Dubbo contributing almost $2 billion. 

It details the contribution of each LGA and what businesses and industries generate the cash now.

Mining is the leading economic sector in the Orana region according to the profile, providing 10 per cent of the $4.946 billion of gross regional product generated each year.

Closely following mining was agriculture and health and community at nine per cent - however, these industries are the largest full-time equivalent employers at 15 per cent and 13 per cent respectively.

The 13 local government areas include Dubbo, Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Cobar, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Mid-Western, Narromine, Walgett, Warren, Warrumbungle and Wellington.

Clustering LGAs to identify common economic drivers was a tactic adopted by the profile’s author Western Research Institute.

The five included cluster 1: Bogan and Cobar LGAs, dominated by mining.

Cluster 2 included Bourke and Brewarrina LGAs dominated by public administration, education and agriculture.

Cluster 3 was the largest of the region with Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine, Walgett, Warren, Warrumbungle and Wellington LGAs which were predominantly agricultural.

Dubbo LGA was dominated by health and community, finance and insurance and education. While the final cluster was Mid-Western LGA, dominated by coal mining.

Dubbo’s LGA created the largest slice of the fiscal pie with $1.9 billion, mostly generated from health and community, finance and insurance and education.

Next on the ladder is Mid-Western Regional Council at $869.78 million mainly from coal mining with solid contributions from agriculture and health and community.

Next on the list, but well back in the field, was Warrumbungle Shire Council, contributing $301.7 million derived from agriculture, education and health and community. 

Warrumbungle was closely followed by Cobar at $283.8 million and Wellington at $262.21 million.

Cobar’s key industry sectors were mining, agriculture and public administration.

In Wellington LGA, agriculture was ahead of public administration and health and community.

Walgett with $226.43 million  and Narromine with $221.65 million shared key industry sectors of agriculture, health and community and education as did Gilgandra with $137.03 million.

Bogan Shire contributed three per cent at $131.33 million from mining, agriculture and health and community while Bourke and Warren injected $111 million and $108.63 million respectively.

Brewarrina LGA only generated $52.6 million with the key sectors including agriculture, education and public administration.

The profile also identified infrastructure servicing the scattered population centres as critical issues.

It also noted there were deficiencies in transport infrastructure and related services for both goods and people the state of infrastructure supporting the deliver of water, sewer, electricity and gas was also critical to the sustainability of many communities.