Brogo (),
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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, is a locality 15 km North of the town of
Bega, in
Bega Valley Shire
The Bega Valley Shire is a Local government in Australia, local government area located adjacent to the South Coast, New South Wales, south-eastern coastline of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed in 1981 with the amalgamation of t ...
. It consisting of mainly
farmland
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,
rural
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residential
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Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...
dwellings
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and
National Parks
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. At the , Brogo had a population of 581 people.
The locality is bounded by
Wadbilliga National Park on the West and
Mumbulla Mountain
Biamanga National Park is a protected area in New South Wales, Australia, south of Sydney and north of Bega. The park forms part of the Ulladulla to Merimbula Important Bird Area because of its importance for swift parrots.
Its name derives ...
on the east. The
Princes Highway
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passes through, following the
Brogo River through the Brogo locality.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census, there were 581 people in Brogo. 77.6 of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, Switzerland 1.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Wales 0.7% and Argentina 0.7%. Brogo's Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander population is 6%. 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 53.4%, Anglican 14.5% and Catholic 12.2%.
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