Unincorporated Far West Area New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 1,016 (includes c. 400 on Lord Howe Island) (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.01/km2 (0.026/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 93,300.3 km2 (36,023.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Region | Far West | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Barwon | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Parkes [2] | ||||||||||||||
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The Unincorporated Far West Area is an unincorporated area in the Far West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is one of only two areas in New South Wales that are not part of any local government area (the other is Lord Howe Island). The region includes several small towns including Tibooburra, Milparinka and Silverton. Silverton and Tibooburra have village councils. The region includes some parts of Broken Hill, but not the city centre, which is in the separate City of Broken Hill local government area. The current administrator is Mr John McManus. It is the only local government area in Australia to have two time zones.
The region has an area of 93,299 square kilometres (36,023 sq mi) which is slightly larger than Hungary and smaller than South Korea.
As at the 2016 census, all unincorporated areas of NSW had a population of 1,056; around 400 of these were on the distant and unrelated Lord Howe Island. The statistics below refer to a combination of all unincorporated areas of NSW. They had the highest male to female ratio in New South Wales, estimated at 115.5 males per 100 females in 2016. [3]
Selected historical census data for Unincorporated NSW area | ||||||
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Census year | 2001 [4] | 2006 [5] | 2011 [6] | 2016 [3] | ||
Population | Estimated residents on census night | 2,896 | 1,122 | 1,169 | 1,056 | |
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 130th | 129th | ||||
% of New South Wales population | 0.05% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% | ||
% of Australian population | 0.02% | 0.006% | 0.005% | 0.005% | ||
Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
Ancestry, top responses | Australian | 34.2% | 34.7% | |||
English | 30.0% | 26.0% | ||||
Irish | 9.0% | 9.1% | ||||
Scottish | 8.2% | 8.1% | ||||
German | 5.0% | 4.7% | ||||
Language, top responses (other than English) | Norf'k-Pitcairn | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.6% | |
German | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | ||
Estonian | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.4% | ||
Italian | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.3% | ||
Romanian | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.3% | ||
Religious affiliation | ||||||
Religious affiliation, top responses | No religion | 17.3% | 20.7% | 23.4% | 30.8% | |
Anglican | 22.9% | 25.8% | 27.4% | 19.4% | ||
Catholic | 19.6% | 21.4% | 21.2% | 18.9% | ||
Not Stated | n/c | n/c | n/c | 13.2% | ||
Uniting Church | 7.5% | 10.8% | 9.2% | 6.6% | ||
Median weekly incomes | ||||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$455 | A$549 | A$717 | ||
% of Australian median income | 97.6% | 95.1% | 108.0% | |||
Family income | Median weekly family income | A$888 | A$1,145 | A$1,427 | ||
% of Australian median income | 75.8% | 77.3% | 82.3% | |||
Household income | Median weekly household income | A$751 | A$955 | A$1,270 | ||
% of Australian median income | 73.1% | 77.4% | 88.3% | |||
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