Wilsons Creek, New South Wales
Wilsons Creek | |
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Wilsons Creek | |
| Coordinates: 28°34′S 153°26′E / 28.567°S 153.433°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 466 (SAL 2021)[4] |
| Postcode | 2482 |
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 proportionately large Jewish community, with 5.2% of the town's 466 residents identifying as Jewish as of the 2021 census. However, this only sums up to 24 individuals, due to the town's small population. Furthermore, 2.4% of the town's residents (11 people) were born in Israel and 4.7% (22 people) speak Hebrew at home.[5]
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.
References
- ^ "NSW Electoral District - Ballina". Electoral Commission NSW. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Federal Division - Richmond". Australian Electoral Commission. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wilsons Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wilsons Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL14328