Duranbah, New South Wales
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 Pacific Motorway and Tweed Valley viewed from Duranbah | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 28°18′18″S 153°31′21″E / 28.30500°S 153.52250°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 262 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) | ||||||||||||
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Duranbah is a town in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire.
The Ngandowal and Minyungbal speaking people of the Bundjalung people are the traditional owners of the Tweed region, including Duranbah, and the surrounding areas.[2][3]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2011 census, Duranbah recorded a population of 262 people, 50.4% female and 49.6% male.
The median age of the Duranbah population was 36 years, 1 year below the national median of 37.
85.2% of people living in Duranbah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.3%, Scotland 1.1%, United States of America 1.1%, Indonesia 1.1%.
95% of people spoke only English at home.
Tropical Fruit World
[edit]Tropical Fruit World was established in 1972 in Duranbah and is a working farm and tourist attraction.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Duranbah (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ "The Tweed: Aboriginal acknowledgement". www.tweed.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Aboriginal cultural heritage". www.tweed.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ World, Tropical Fruit. "Tropical Fruit World Website". Tropical Fruit World.
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