Limpinwood, New South Wales

The town is said to have been named for "Hopping Jack" Wood (also recorded as Dick Wood), an early settler who camped in what is now known as Limpinwood regularly; it was first known as "Hopping Wood" and "Hopping Dick" after him. Wood worked as a timber gathering in the local forestry industry and he is said to have had a heavy limp and potentially walked with the use of a wooded leg.^[4][5]

The first school in the town was, between 1910 and 1913, known as Hopping Dick Provisional School until it was changed to Limpinwood Public School. This school closed in 1974.^[6]

In the 2011 census, Limpinwood recorded a population of 223 people, 53.4% female and 46.6% male.

The median age of the Limpinwood population was 49 years, 12 years above the national median of 37.

81.6% of people living in Limpinwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.7%, Hungary 2.2%, 9.5% other countries.

92.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common language was French, at 1.3%, with 6.3% speaking other languages.

28°18′S 153°13′E / 28.300°S 153.217°E / -28.300; 153.217