Type: | town |
Wilsons Creek | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -28.5667°N 179°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Postcode: | 2482 |
Lga: | Byron Shire |
Stategov: | Ballina[1] |
Fedgov: | Richmond[2] |
Wilsons Creek is a locality in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Byron Shire. It is in the valley of what is now named the Wilsons River and is 5 km from Mullumbimby. It has a public school and numerous farms along the river.
The town has a large Jewish community, with 5.2% of the town's residents identifying as Jewish as of the 2021 census. Furthermore, 2.4% of the town's residents were born in Israel and 4.7% speak Hebrew at home.[3]
At the 2016 federal election, the Wilsons Creek polling booth recorded one of the highest Greens votes in the nation, with over 60% of voters giving the Australian Greens their first preference.