The Unincorporated Far West Area is an

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in the Far West region of

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. The area is one of only two areas in New South Wales that are not part of any

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(the other is

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). The region includes several small towns including Tibooburra,

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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

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and smaller than

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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

. 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.

References

External links

New South Wales Geographical Name Search (names of localities, cadastral counties and parishes etc. in the Unincorporated Far West)Town list of NSW Department of Local Government
Local government areas of New South Wales Unincorporated areas of New South Wales {{FarWestNSW-geo-stub