Prime Minister Harold Holt's paternal grandparents owned a large farming property near Nubba. As a child, he lived there for a brief period and attended the local state school.[6]
At the 2006 census, Nubba had a population of 281 people.[7] By 2016 that had fallen to 76,[8] then increased by one to 77 at the 2021 census.[9]
^Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 11.