Great Lakes Council was a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

These wetlands are an important foundation for the economies of the former suburbs of the Great Lakes Council local government area, particularly the recreational fisheries and tourism sectors.

[10][11] The median weekly income for residents within the Great Lakes Council area was nearly half the national average.

In excess of 66% of all residents in the Great Lakes Council area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census, which was significantly higher than the national average of 50.2 per cent.

[1] At the time of its dissolution, the Great Lakes Council was composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as a single ward.