Dungay

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Dungay

| city =

| state = nsw

| image =

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|28|17|S|153|22|E|display=inline,title|region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

| pop = 316

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC10750|name=Dungay (State Suburb)|accessdate=19 January 2014|quick=on|map=on}}

| density =

| density_footnotes =

| est =

| postcode = 2484

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10

| timezone-dst = AEDT

| utc-dst = +11

| lga = Tweed Shire

| region =

| county =

| stategov = Tweed

| fedgov = Richmond

}}

Dungay is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/nov/20/realitytv.australia|title=Local residents in Australia unimpressed with ITV's I'm a Celebrity|first=David|last=Fickling|date=20 November 2004|website=The Guardian|access-date=19 November 2018}}

The 2020 edition of the UK was not produced in Dungay given COVID-19 pandemic, 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 {{CensusAU|2011}}, 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

Category:Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales