| Type: | town |
| Newrybar | |
| State: | nsw |
| Lga: | Ballina Shire Byron Shire |
| Coordinates: | -28.7222°N 153.5311°W |
| Postcode: | 2479[1] |
| Pop: | 532 |
| Elevation: | 123 |
| Stategov: | Ballina |
| Fedgov: | Richmond |
Newrybar is a small historic village located in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales; it is 16 kms south of Byron Bay.[2] [3] It is on the lands of the Bundjalung people.[4]
The town's name appears to have been derived from a Yugambeh–Bundjalung word, "Nurybar", which apparently mean 'climbing vine' or 'the places where vines grow'.[5]
At the 2021 census, it had a permanent population of 532.
Newrybar was first settled by Europeans in 1881 and many farmers moved to the area. Some of the first constructed buildings were a general store, a tinsmith and tailor, the Presbyterian Church and the Newrybar Public School. Some of these earliest buildings remain intact.[6]
One of these buildings is the Newrybar Community Hall, previously the Newrybar School of Arts, which was built in 1899 and is used for community functions and events.[7] Each Wednesday it hosts the Newyrbar Eats and Produce Markets.[8]
As of the 2021 Australian census, 532 people resided in Newrybar, up from 444 in the . The median age of persons in Newrybar was 47 years. There were more males than females, with 50.6% of the population male and 49.4% female. The average household size was 2.6 people per household.