Condong, New South Wales

The name Condong comes from the Bundjalung language and was taken from the name of a nearby hill. There are two major theories as to its origins, the first, recorded by linguist Margaret Sharpe, is that it means 'blue fig' and the other that it is taken from the chain word culgurrygum meaning 'big swamp'.^[6]

Alternatively JS Ryan believed that the origin of the place name was, by the early 1800s, already unknown to the people living there as it had come from an earlier group.^[7]

In the 2011 census, Condong recorded a population of 298 people, 50% female and 50% male.

The median age of the Condong population was 43 years, 6 years above the national median of 37.

88.4% of people living in Condong were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 2%, Scotland 1%, India 1%, Spain 1%, New Zealand 1%.

93.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.3% Bandjalang, 1% Punjabi, 1% Indonesian, 1% Thai, 1% Spanish.