Duranbah, New South Wales
Town in New South Wales, Australia
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Duranbah is a town in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire.
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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 | |||||||||||||
| 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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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
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
Tropical Fruit World was established in 1972 in Duranbah and is a working farm and tourist attraction.[4]
