Wilsons Creek, New South Wales Explained

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]

Politics

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral Commission NSW. NSW Electoral District - Ballina. 23 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Division - Richmond. 2007.
  3. https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL14328