The population for the predecessor councils was estimated in 2013 as: • in Bombala Shire • in Cooma-Monaro Shire and • in Snowy River Shire. At the there were 21,666 people in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area; of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population; the NSW and Australian averages are 3.4 and 3.2% respectively. The
median age of people in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council was 43 years; the national median is 38 years. 78.9% of the population were born in Australia and 85.8% of households only speak
English at home. ==Council==