Burringbar, New South Wales

28°25′S 153°20′E / 28.417°S 153.333°E / -28.417; 153.333Population858 (2006 census)^[1]Postcode(s)2483Location17 km (11 mi) SE of MurwillumbahLGA(s)Tweed ShireState electorate(s)TweedFederal division(s)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.^[2]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, 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.^[3]

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