Dungay is a town located in north-eastern
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
, Australia, in the
Tweed Shire
Tweed Shire is a local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to the border with Queensland, where that meets the Coral Sea. Administered from the town of Murwillumbah, Tweed Shire ...
.
Publicity
The area is used for the filming of the British reality series, ''
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', and has been since 2003 except for 2020 and 2021. Versions of the show for other countries are also produced in the area.
The 2020 edition of the UK was not produced in Dungay given
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, and the resulting
level 4 travel ban for Australia. Conversely, the 2021 and 2022 editions of the
Australian version of the series were produced in Dungay - as travel restrictions prevented the production travelling to the normal South African location.
Demographics
In the , Dungay recorded a population of 316 people, 49.1% female and 50.9% male.
The median age of the Dungay population was 49 years, 12 years above the national median of 37.
81.5% of people living in Dungay were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 1.9%, England 0.9%, India 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Czech Republic 0.9%.
91.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.3% Italian, 8.5% other languages.
References
Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales
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