Town in New South Wales, Australia
Lennox Head
is a seaside
village
in the
Northern Rivers
region of
New South Wales
,
Australia
, situated on the stretch of coast between
Byron Bay
and
Ballina
in
Ballina Shire
local government area
. It had a population of 7,741 in the
2016 Australian census
.
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Location
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Lennox, as it is frequently called, was once separated from Ballina by some distance. However, the northern encroachment of Ballina and the southern advancement of Lennox Head means that little now separates the two areas.
Geology
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The headland was created in the
Cenozoic
Era as part of one of the
lava
flows from the
Tweed Volcano
, a
Shield Volcano
, centred on what is now
Mount Warning
. The
basaltic
lava spread south and east from the volcano in a succession of flows which covered to varying depths an older landform uplifted from the ocean bed in the
Mesozoic
Era.
Significant events
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In 1957, a major bushfire which had burned for several days in swamp behind Lennox Head changed direction and swept through the town. Local residents had some warning and sheltered in the space between the lake and the ocean. No houses were lost.
On 3 June 2010, the village was hit by a small Tornado, which severely damaged thirty homes, a number of people were injured and seven vans overturned at the Lake Ainsworth Caravan Park.
In January 2014, a major bushfire broke out just north of the town, igniting heathland all the way north to Suffolk Park. The blaze was started by a lightning strike and continued for another month due to underground peat fires.
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Population
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Historical population
Year
| Pop.
| ±%
|
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1971
| 437
| ?
|
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1976
| 843
| +92.9%
|
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1981
| 1,199
| +42.2%
|
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1986
| 1,854
| +54.6%
|
---|
1991
| 3,036
| +63.8%
|
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1996
| 4,511
| +48.6%
|
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2001
| 5,809
| +28.8%
|
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2006
| 6,618
| +13.9%
|
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2011
| 5,764
| ?12.9%
|
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2016
| 6,096
| +5.8%
|
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2021
| 7,483
| +22.8%
|
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Source:
Australian Bureau of Statistics
data.
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According to the
2016 census
of Population, there were 7,741 people in the Lennox Head - Skennars Head area.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.
- 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most next common countries of birth were England 4.1% and New Zealand 1.8%.
- 91.0% of people only spoke English at home.
- The most common responses for religion were No Religion 35.8%, Catholic 25.1% and Anglican 16.0%.
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Tourism
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The headland, also known as Lennox Point, is used by
surfers
, who come for the noted righthand break.
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Hang-gliders
too visit the headland to launch off its 65m cliff. The point is also used for watching dolphins surfing and the annual whale migration.
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The Pat Morton lookout (at the headland) has views of the village and of Seven Mile Beach extending north towards Broken Head.
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The town is known for its
pub
, caravan park, as well as Lake Ainsworth, a freshwater lake that has distinctive
tannin
-stained waters from the surrounding
tea trees
and is in contrasts with the white sands of Seven Mile Beach.
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Over the warmer summer months the lake is subject to
blue green algal
bloom.
Also located in the village is a
Bora ring
of some significance to the local Bundjalung Tribe.
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Lennox Head markets are held on the second and fifth Sunday of the month, at the community centre.
The town also has a small primary school (Lennox Head Public School).
Sport and recreation
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Lennox Head Dolphins
is a
rugby league
club that competes in the
Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League
competition.
Lennox Head Rugby Union Club is a
rugby union
club that competes in the Far North Coast Rugby zone. Known as The Trojans, it was established in 1999. The club’s home ground is Williams Reserve, Lennox Head.
Notable residents
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Gallery
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Lennox Point
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Looking towards Byron Bay from Lennox Point
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Looking at Seven Mile Beach from Lennox Point
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Lennox Point
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Fresh Water Lake - Lake Ainsworth
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Lake Ainsworth
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Looking toward Lennox Head from the northern end of Seven Mile Beach
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Panorama Showing Lennox Point and Training Surf Lifesavers
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Seven Mile Beach and Lennox Head
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