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Rural East

About the profile areas

The 2023 Estimated Resident Population for Rural East is 1,694, with a population density of 0.32 persons per square km.

Location and boundaries

Rural East is bounded by the Glen Innes Severn Council area in the north, the Clarence Valley Council area. Bellingen Shire, Nambucca Shire and Kempsey Shire in the east, the Walcha Council area, the Macleay River, Blue Mountain Creek and Uralla Shire in the south, and the localities of Armidale, Donald Creek, Puddledock, Black Mountain, Guyra, Falconer, Tubbamurra and Ben Lomond in the west.

Profile areas
Rural East

Included areas

  • Rural East encompasses the localities of Aberfoyle,
  • Backwater,
  • Bald Blair,
  • Brockley,
  • Carrai,
  • Castle Doyle,
  • Ebor,
  • Enmore,
  • Green Hills,
  • Hillgrove,
  • Jeogla,
  • Lower Creek,
  • Lyndhurst,
  • Metz,
  • Oban,
  • Thalgarrah,
  • Wards Mistake,
  • Wollomombi and Wongwibinda,
  • and the Armidale Regional Council area parts of the localities of Dangarsleigh,
  • Hernani,
  • Kellys Plains,
  • Kookabookra and The Gulf.
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