Annexes

Aliens of the Tweed and Brunswick

Annexes

A - POPULATION STATISTICS
a. Tweed-Brunswick Population Statistics
       - Census Data
   Richmond Population
b. Greek Statistics
   Greek Comparison Statistics - 1954 census
c. Alien Statistics - Police Census
      - Tweed-Brunswick Patrol Districts
   Police Census – Richmond Patrol Districts - 1
   Police Census – Richmond Patrol Districts - 2
d. Richmond-Tweed Coloured Aliens
       – Census Data 1851-1911
e.

Electoral Statistics

B - DEPRESSION STATISTICS

Depression Statistics – 1933 Census
(and partial 1921 Comparison)

Depression Statistics – 1933 Census –
Comparison of FNC with other random
Municipalities and Shires

C - BANANA/DAIRY STATISTICS
a.

NSW Banana Statistics
b.

Dairy Statistics

ANNEX Aa

Tweed-Brunswick Population Statistics – Census Data

	1901	1911	1921	1933	1947	1954	Change 1947-54	1961	Change 1954-61	1966	Change 1961-66	1971	Change 1966-71	1976	Change 1971-76	1981	2001
Byron Shire		6553	8302	7967	8784	8904	+1%	8505	-5%	7972	-6%	7831	-2%	8888	+14%	15,426	28,916
Bangalow	186	1057	1169	972	742	704	-5%	626	-11%	479	-24%	534	+12%	568	+6%	614	~1221
Billinudgle		444	311	203	186	230	+24%	205	-11%	142	-31%
Main Arm		239	368	342	547	517	-6%	450	-13%	113	-75%
Mullumbimby Creek				131	164	204	+24%	178	-13%
Middle Pocket			71	117	179	176	-2%	133	-24%
The Pocket					206	172	-17%	174	+1%
Wilsons Creek			189	164	246	182	-26%	171	-6%
Yelgun				99	127	144	+13%	101	-30%
Byron Bay	380	1222	1564	1717	1869	2001	+7%	2172	+9%	2314	+7%	2323	+0.4%	2525	+9%	3187	~9156
Brunswick Heads		179	412	342	767	992	+29%	975	-2%	1068	+10%	1210	+13%	1402	+16%	1877	~1827
Ocean Shores														255		1018	~4916
Suffolk Park														239		681	Included Byron
Mullumbimby	428	951	1330	1362	1609	2017	+25%	1966	-3%	1981	+0.8%	1891	-4.5%	2028	+7%	2234	~2988
Tweed Shire*		7308	12,279	13,204	14,367 (19,321)	21,144	+9%	22,491	+6%	23,154	+3%	24,062	+4%	27,526	+14%	40,050	73,821
Banora Point				125	151	172	+14%	327	+90%			970		(1365)		(2350)
Fingal			95	118	276	327	+19%					531		(580)		(855)
Kingscliff urban			20	34	370	806	+118%	1564	+94%	1798	+15%	2412	+34%	(2,145)		(2890)
Kingscliff-Fingal						1402		1877	+34%								~8060
Tweed Heads	298	712	1514	1574	2066	2467	+19%	3291	+33%	3829	+16%	5120	+34%	(7740)
Tweed Heads**										3830		6643		13,190	+99%	21,869	~29,172
Hastings Point				27	74	99	+34%							(185)		482
Pottsville					136	164	+21%	248		213		245		332	+36%	673
Murwillumbah*	772 (953)	2206	2861	3895	4954 (6412)	6748	+5%	7151	+6%	7311	+2%	7387	+1%	7294	-1%	7807	~7291
Burringbar	88	422	343	248	305	331	+9%	300	-9%	272	-9%	243	-12%	(210)		294
Upper Burringbar	168		147	153	422	347	-18%	294	-15%
Crabbes Creek		126	268	203	270	371	+37%	332	-11%	190	-43%
Dunbible		75	145			146		119	-19%
Stokers Siding		140	314	373	304	289	-5%	172	-41%	151	-12%
Mooball		197	365	269	323	319	-1%	396	+19%	208	-48%
Condong	98	531	482	577	538	431	-20%	393	-9%					(205)
Tumbulgum	166	317	269	192	273	285	+4%	310	+9%	292	-6%	201	-31%	238	+18%	249
Cudgen	380	185	308	198	296	336	+14%	321	-5%	214	-33%
Tyalgum		323	451	427	293	310	+6%	262	-16%	213	-19%					211
Uki		260	346	248	313	256	-18%	256	0%	213	-17%

*Figures distorted 1947 census due amalgamation of Tweed Shire and Murbah Municipality. Other distortions: Main Arm ambiguous due uncertain contribution of Upper Main Arm, Palmwoods (156 in 1947 and 75 in 1954) and Blindmouth. There were 392 people in vicinity Main Arm 1961, giving total of 842 in the area. Similar distortions around The Pocket, Middle Pocket, Mullum Crk, Wilsons Crk and Montecollum. Ditto in Tweed, eg 263 were living vicinity of Crabbes Creek 1961, giving total of 595 in the area. Burringbar and Upper Burringbar had 108 and 259 in vicinity, giving grand total of 961 in the area. The 1954 cyclone a few months prior to the census also had a significant impact on the Main Arm/Palmwoods area.
**Called the ‘Gold Coast Part’ of the Tweed Shire and includes Tweed Heads, South Tweed Heads and parts of Kingscliff, Fingal and maybe Banora. Reorganised again for 1981 census. Separate figures for Tweed Shire 1976 show Tweed Heads 2,965, TH West 2,450, TH South 2325 and a total urban population of 20,820 and rural of 6980. (28,175/8925 in 1981). As at 2001 Tweed City grew 15.7% since the census of 1996, making it the fastest growing area in NSW. The area down to Banora point is now home to over 30,000 people, and combined with Kingscliff-Fingal carries half the population of the Tweed.
1. In 1954 the Brunswick district, inclusive of the Byron Shire and the Mullumbimby Municipality, was the most densely populated rural area in NSW. The population of the Richmond-Tweed region remained relatively static between 1954 and 1966, but the region remained the most densely populated rural area of NSW. By the late 1970s, following the shakeout of the rural recession, the population drift had reversed and the North Coast was the fastest growing non-metropolitan area in the State. 75% of the growth was due to internal migration, with the vast majority being refugees from Sydney.
2. In 1961 40.5% of the working population of the Byron Shire was still employed in agricultural activities. By 1971 this had fallen to 25.9% and by 1981 was down to 15%, - paradoxically at the same time the rural population began to rise exponentially. The Alternates had found Arcadia in the hills while the Surfies had discovered the Bay. Between 1976 and 1981 the rural population grew by 9.2% per annum (2071 people total) while the towns increased by 6% per annum (2439 people). 86% of growth of Byron Shire, inclusive of Mullum, 1976-1981 was due to internal migration, mainly Sydney refugees.

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Richmond Population

	1911	1921	1933	1947	1954	Change	1961	Change	1966	Change	1971	Change	1976	Change	2001
Richmond	40,053	46,192	57,741	60,055	63,007	+5%	62,142	-1%	61,340	-1%	63,438	+4%	67,738	+8%	108,639
Ballina	2061	2768	3042	3202	3558	+11%	4129	+16%	4931	+19%	6141	+25%	7323	+19%	37,218
Casino	3420	3455	5287	6698	7844	+17%	8091	+3%	8502	+5%	9378	+10%	9791	+4%
(Cas Urban)											(9064)		(9456)	+4%	(10,036)
Lismore*	7609	8700	11,762	15,214	17,372 (18,312)	+14%	18,935	+3%	19,734	+4%	20,904	+6%	22,082	+6%	41,883 (27,585)
Gundurimba Shire*	4281	4555	4596	3890 (3957)	3975 (3035)	+0.5%	3134	+3%	2778	-11%	2675	-4%	2871	+7%
Kyogle Shire	3839	6538	11,361	11,427	11,234	-2%	10,438	-7%	9391	-10%	8750	-7%	8104	-7%	9169
Kyogle	1347	1484	2394	2775	2929	+6%	2985	+2%	2846	-5%	2966	+4%	2959	-0.2%
Bonalbo	129	169	480	485	632	+30%	539	-15%	532	-1%	494	-7%	478	-3%
Urbenville	123	135	206	372			420		358	-15%	309	-14%	290	-6%
Woodenbong	147	104	362	515	559	+9%	469	-16%	438	-7%	396	-10%	380	-4%
Rest of Kyogle Shire	2093	4646	7919	7280			6025		5217	-13%	4585	-12%	3997	-13%
Terania Shire	5621	6573	7583	6922	6691	-3%	6021	-10%	5140	-15%	4520	-12%	4830	+7%
Nimbin	666	802	847	685	698	+2%	523	-25%	386	-26%	310	-20%	328	+6%
Clunes	488	302	289	277	266	-4%	211	-21%	160	-24%
Tintenbar Shire	5869	5703	5307	4740	4649	-2%	4341	-7%	4078	-6%	4486	+10%	6470	+44%
Alstonville	1001	994	1057	643	949	+48%	790	-17%	576	-27%	779	+35%	1457	+87%
Lennox Hd			74	149	173	+16%	201	+16%	248	+23%	437	+76%	843	+92%
Wardell	547	520	543	270	290	+7%	233	-20%	187	-20%			245
Tomki Shire*	3006	3406	3978	3647 (3580)	3399	-5%	3051	-10%	2703	-11%	2435	-10%
Woodburn Shire*	2938	3123	3234	4315	4285	-0.7%	4002	-7%	4083	+2%	4149	+2%
Broadwater	550	560	507	614	486	-26%	426	-12%	421	-1%	388	-9%	365	-6%
Coraki	1419^	1371^	1231^	1097	970	-12%	905	-7%	650	-28%	858	+32%	912	+6%
Evans Head	76	142	249	764	1057	+38%	969	-8%	1083	+12%	1315	+21%	1591	+21%
Woodburn	853	942	712	654	781	+10%	510	-35%	536	+5%	697	+32%	610	-13%
Rest of Wood Shire	40	108	535	1186	991		1192		1393		891	-36%
Richmond River Shire*											(6270)		6267	0%	20,369
Tweed-Bruns	17,018	24,772	26,428	29,714	32,065	+8%	32,962	+3%	33,107	+0.4%	33,784	+2%	38,442	+14%	102,737
Rich-Tweed	57,077	70,964	84,169	89,779	95,072	+6%	95,103	0%	94,448	-0.7%	96,908	+3%	106,180	+10%	211,376
Nth Coast**	115,596	123,152	146,507	159,212	171,325	+8%	171,386	0%	170,130	-0.7%	221,888
NSW	1,638,683	2,088,656	2,600,847	2,984,838	3,423,529	+15%	3,916,907	+14%	4,233,822	+8%	4,601,180	+9%	4,777,265	+4%	6,311,168
Coolangatta	160	1471	1828	4057	2343*		2550
Southport	1658	3551	4218	8430	8134*		12,746
Gold Coast*				13,713	19,807	+44%	33,716