Type: | town |
Uralba | |
State: | nsw |
Lga: | Ballina Shire |
Postcode: | 2477 |
Pop: | 216 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | -28.8714°N 153.4814°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Near-N: | Teven |
Near-E: | Ballina |
Near-Nw: | Alstonville |
Near-W: | Lynwood |
Near-Sw: | Meershaum Vale |
Near-S: | Coolgardie |
Near-Se: | Pimlico |
Dist1: | 14 |
Location1: | Ballina |
Dist2: | 736 |
Location2: | Sydney |
Uralba is a rural locality located on the Far North Coast of New South Wales (in Australia). Its name means "place of plenteous quartz stones".[2]
Administratively it is part of the Ballina Shire. It is located about 14km (09miles) west from Ballina. Sydney, the state capital, is located approximately 736km (457miles) or 8.5 hours car drive south.
In the, Uralba was represented as a State suburb (SSC14050). It had a population 216 in 69 families.The median age was 54 years.Most people living in Uralba were born in Australia (84%).
According to the, the median household income was $1402 per week.
There were 99 people employed in 2016, and 10 people unemployed. The most common occupations were Professionals (30%); Managers (15%); Community and Personal Service Workers (11%); Sales Workers (11%) and Labourers(11%). The top 5 industries for employment were Fruit and Tree Nut Growing (9%),Local Government Administration (9%),Other Allied Health Services (7%),Road and Bridge Construction (5%) andSite Preparation Services (5%).
In the, the median housing loan repayment was $1,967 per month. The median rent was $225 per week. This equated to just over 15% of median household income.The average household size was 2.5 persons.
Uralba Nature Reserve, a 288ha nature reserve was gazetted as a State Forest in 1910 and as a nature reserve in 1975.[3]