Skennars Head, New South Wales

Skennars Head is a town located in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales. It sits within the Ballina Shire local government area and is from the regional centre of Ballina.
It is on the lands of the Bundjalung people, who are the traditional owners of this region.

Origin of place name

Skennars Head is named after the nearby headland of the same name which was named for John Frederick Skenner who selected this land in the 1840s. Skennar is considered one of the earliest pioneers in the lower Richmond area and he erected one of the first sugar mills in the region in 1869; he was also involved in timber milling and grew and manufactured arrowroot.

Demographics

As of the 2021 Australian census, 1,303 people resided in Skennars Head, up from 1,158 in the. The median age of persons in Skennars Head was 47 years. There were more males than females, with 50.3% of the population male and 49.7% female. The average household size was 2.1 people per household.