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Community Portraits
New South Wales
The NSW portrait provides information for the state.
Remoteness Areas
Language and Culture Nests
North West Wiradjuri Language and Culture Nest
For the purpose of reporting a range of information from the Australian Censuses of Population and Housing, the North West Wiradjuri Language and Culture Nest includes the Local Government Areas of Parkes, Narromine, Wellington, Dubbo, Gilgandra and Mid-Western Regional. No claim is made that this boundary is exact or uncontested.
Gumbaynggirr Language and Culture Nest
For the purpose of reporting a range of information from the Australian Censuses of Population and Housing, the Gumbaynggirr Language and Culture Nest is described to include the Local Government Areas of Coffs Harbour, Clarence Valley , Glen Innes, Severn Guyra, Nambucca and Bellingen at the 2016 Census. No claim is made that this boundary is exact or uncontested.
Bundjalung Language and Culture Nest
For the purpose of reporting a range of information from the Australian Censuses of Population and Housing, the Bundjalung Language and Culture Nest includes the Local Government Areas of Ballina, Byron, Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tenterfield, Tweed, Clarence Valley, Glenn Innes-Severn and Kyogle. No claim is made that this boundary is exact or uncontested.
Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay/Yuwaalayaay Language and Culture Nest
For the purpose of reporting a range of information from the Australian Censuses of Population and Housing, the Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay-Yuwaalayaay Language and Cultural Nest is described to include the Local Government Areas of Walgett, Brewarrina and Moree Plains at the 2016 Census. No claim is made that this boundary is exact or uncontested.
Paakantji/Baakantji Language and Culture Nest
For the purpose of reporting a range of information from the Australian Censuses of Population and Housing, the Paakantji/Baakantji Language and Culture Nest includes the Local Government Areas of Central Darling, Bourke, Wentworth and Unincorporated NSW. No claim is made that this boundary is exact or uncontested.
Opportunity Hubs
Campbelltown
The Campbelltown Opportunity Hub covers the local government area of Campbelltown.
Dubbo
The Dubbo Opportunity Hub covers the local government area of Dubbo.
Tamworth
The Tamworth Opportunity Hub covers the local government area of Tamworth Regional.
Upper
Hunter
The Upper Hunter Opportunity Hub covers the local government areas of Muswellbrook, Singleton and Upper Hunter
Local government areas
In the 2016 census there were fewer than 250 Aboriginal people living in the 21 LGAs listed below. Because of the small numbers and to maintain confidentiality, a Community Portrait is not available for these LGAs. An overview report of these LGAs can be found on the ABS website.
- Balranald
- Bayside
- Berrigan
- Burwood
- Carrathool
- Coolamon
- Federation
- Hay
- Hunters Hill
- Ku-Ring-Gai
- Lane Cove
- Lockhart
- Mosman
- North Sydney
- Strathfield
- Temora
- Upper Lachlan
- Walcha
- Weddin
- Willoughby
- Woollahra
View these LGAs on the ABS website
Full community portraits are available for the below LGAs.
- Albury
- Armidale
- Ballina
- Bathurst Regional
- Bega Valley
- Bellingen
- Blacktown
- Bland
- Blayney
- Blue Mountains
- Brewarrina
- Broken Hill
- Bogan
- Bourke
- Byron
- Cabonne
- Camden
- Campbelltown
- Canada Bay
- Canterbury - Bankstown
- Central Coast
- Central Darling
- Cessnock
- Clarence Valley
- Cobar
- Coffs Harbour
- Coonamble
- Cowra
- Cumberland
- Dungog
- Edward River
- Eurobodalla
- Fairfield
- Forbes
- Georges River
- Gilgandra
- Glen Innes Severn
- Goulburn Mulwaree
- Greater Hume
- Griffith
- Gundagai
- Gunnedah
- Gwydir
- Hawkesbury
- Hilltops
- Hornsby
- Inner West
- Inverell
- Kempsey
- Kiama
- Kyogle
- Lachlan
- Lake Macquarie
- Leeton
- Lismore
- Lithgow
- Liverpool
- Liverpool Plains
- Maitland
- Mid Coast
- Mid-Western Regional
- Moree Plains
- Murray River
- Murrumbidgee
- Muswellbrook
- Nambucca
- Narrabri
- Narrandera
- Narromine
- Newcastle
- Northern Beaches
- Orange
- Parkes
- Parramatta
- Penrith
- Port Macquarie - Hastings
- Port Stephens
- Queanbeyan Palerang Regional
- Randwick
- Richmond Valley
- Rockdale
- Ryde
- Shellharbour
- Shoalhaven
- Singleton
- Snowy Monaro Regional
- Snowy Valleys
- Sutherland
- Sydney
- Tamworth Regional
- Tenterfield
- The Hills
- Tweed
- Upper Hunter
- Uralla
- Wagga Wagga
- Walgett
- Warren
- Warrumbungle
- Waverley
- Wentworth
- Western Plains Regional
- Wingecarribee
- Wollondilly
- Wollongong
- Yass Valley
Indigenous location portraits
Indigenous location portraits cover one or more Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s) as defined in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard. The portraits give detailed information on Aboriginal communities with a minimum Aboriginal population of 90 usual residents.
Further information is available on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website.
Bowraville Indigenous Location
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