| Nambucca Heads New South Wales | |
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 Nambucca Heads aerial panorama at sunset | |
  Nambucca Heads | |
| Coordinates | 30°39′0″S 153°00′0″E / 30.65000°S 153.00000°E |
| Population | 6,668 (UCL 2021)[1] |
| • Density | 227.8[2]/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 2448 |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Area | 31.39[2] |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Nambucca Valley Council |
| County | Raleigh |
| State electorate(s) | Oxley[3] |
| Federal division(s) | Cowper[4] |
Nambucca Heads is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the Nambucca Valley.[5] It is located on a ridge, north of the estuary of the Nambucca River near the Pacific Highway. Its population at the 2021 census was 6,668 (6,314 in the 2016 census and 6,220 in the 2011 census), including 5,220 (78.3%) Australian–born persons; followed by 262 (3.9%) English people, 86 (1.3%) New Zealand people, 36 (0.5%) Scottish people, 33 (0.5%) German people, and 32 (0.5%) Filipino people. and 672 (10.1%) indigenous persons.[6]
The place name is derived from an Gumbaynggirr word Ngambagabaga. Clement Hodgkinson asked two Ngamba men what the name of the area was they responded to Nyambagabaga as the spot they were standing was a bend in the river where a Ngamba giant was speared in the leg in the Dreaming[citation needed]. This location is the Foreshore Caravan Park now. Ngamba is a subsection of Gumbaynggirr Nation & Baga Baga means Knee. This was later interpreted as Nambucca.[7] It is a popular holiday and retirement destination.
The town is located on the North Coast railway line, and is served by the three daily NSW TrainLink services.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Nambucca Heads (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Nambucca Heads - Hyland Park About the profile areas". profile.id.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "The Legislative Assembly District of Oxley". NSW Electoral Commission. Localities and Postcodes. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2006.
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- ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Cowper (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. Location Description. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2006.
Cowper covers an area from Port Macquarie in the south to Coffs Harbour in the north. The main towns include Bellingen, Bowraville, Coffs Harbour, Crescent Head, Dorrigo, Gladstone, Hat Head, Kempsey, Macksville, Nambucca Heads, Sawtell, South West Rocks, Port Macquarie, Ulong and Urunga.
- ^ "Nambucca Heads". Destination NSW. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ABS Census data recentwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Nambucca Heads". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
