Burringbar, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Burringbar
State:nsw
Coordinates:-28.4167°N 173°W
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pop:858
Postcode:2483
Dist1:17
Dir1:SE
Location1:Murwillumbah
Lga:Tweed Shire
Stategov:Tweed
Fedgov:Richmond

Burringbar is a village south-east of Murwillumbah in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

The Northern Rivers Rail Trail passes through it.[1]

Demographics

In the, Burringbar recorded a population of 858 people, 48.6% female and 51.4% male.

The median age of the Burringbar population was 41 years, 4 years above the national median of 37.

81.2% of people living in Burringbar were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.5%, Scotland 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Canada 0.7%.

90.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.4% Italian, 0.5% Lithuanian, 0.5% Spanish, 0.3% German, 0.3% Maltese.

The novelist Jessica Cole, otherwise known as Jessie Cole, comes from Burringbar, which is also the setting for many of her novels.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Places . 2024-06-25 . Northern Rivers Rail Trail . en-US.
  2. Web site: Jessie Cole: Life in a secret world. Chenery. Susan. 2014-08-01. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2019-12-15.