Unincorporated Far West Area

The Unincorporated Far West Area is an unincorporated area in the Far West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is one of only two areas in New South Wales that are not part of any local government area (the other is Lord Howe Island). The region includes several small towns including Tibooburra, Milparinka and Silverton. Silverton and Tibooburra have non-government village committees. The region includes some parts of Broken Hill, but not the city centre, which is in the separate City of Broken Hill local government area. It is the only local government area in Australia to have two time zones.

The region has an area of which is slightly larger than Hungary and smaller than South Korea.

Demographics As at the , all unincorporated areas of NSW had a population of 1,056; around 400 of these were on the distant and unrelated Lord Howe Island. The statistics below refer to a combination of all unincorporated areas of NSW. They had the highest male to female ratio in New South Wales, estimated at 115.5 males per 100 females in 2016. Selected historical census data for Unincorporated NSW areaCensus year 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021Population Estimated residents on census night        LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales 130  129  129% of New South Wales population 0.05%  0.02%  0.02%  0.01%  0.01%% of Australian population 0.02%  0.006%  0.005%  0.005%  0.004%Cultural and language diversity Ancestry,top responses Australian 34.2%  34.7%  42.5%English 30.0%  26.0%  38.9%Scottish 8.2%  8.1%  13.6%Irish 9.0%  9.1%  13.0%German 5.0%   4.7%   6.6%Language,top responses(other than English) Finnishn/c  n/c  n/c  n/c  0.7%Spanishn/c  n/c  n/c  n/c  0.7%Portuguesen/c  n/c  n/c  n/c  0.6%Fijiann/c  n/c  n/c  n/c  0.5%Norf'k-Pitcairnn/c  n/c  n/c  0.6%  0.5%Religious affiliation Religious affiliation,top responses No religion17.3%  20.7%  23.4%  30.8%  43.5%Catholic19.6%  21.4%  21.2%  18.9%  15.9%Anglican22.9%  25.8%  27.4%  19.4%  15.6%Not Statedn/c  n/c  n/c  13.2%  9.8%Uniting Church7.5%  10.8%  9.2%  6.6%  4.2%Median weekly incomes Personal income Median weekly personal income 455 549 717 900% of Australian median income 97.6%  95.1%  108.0%  110.7%Family income Median weekly family income 888 1,145 A$1,427 A$1,927% of Australian median income 75.8%  77.3%  82.3%  88.2%Household income Median weekly household income A$751 A$955 A$1,270 A$1,638% of Australian median income 73.1%  77.4%  88.3%  89.6%

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Town list of NSW Department of Local Government