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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Wilsons Creek, New South Wales

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.

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

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wilsons Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "NSW Electoral District - Ballina". Electoral Commission NSW. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Federal Division - Richmond". Australian Electoral Commission. 2007.
  4. ^ https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL14328