Kurri Kurri, New South Wales

Kurri Kurri
Lang Street in Kurri Kurri
Kurri Kurri
Coordinates: 32°49′0″S 151°29′0″E / 32.81667°S 151.48333°E / -32.81667; 151.48333
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionHunter
CityCity of Cessnock
LGA
Location
Established25 October 1902
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Area
 • Total
5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Elevation40 m (130 ft)
Population
 • Total20,015 (UCL 2021)
 • Density1,106.7/km2 (2,866/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+11 (AEDT)
Postcode
2327
CountyNorthumberland
ParishHeddon
Localities around Kurri Kurri
Weston, Loxford Loxford Heddon Greta
Weston Kurri Kurri Heddon Greta
Pelaw Main Pelaw Main, Stanford Merthyr Stanford Merthyr

Kurri Kurri is a small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Cessnock LGA. At the 2021 census, its population was 6,174. Kurri Kurri is the largest town in a group of towns and hamlets, including Stanford Merthyr, Pelaw Main, Weston, Abermain and Heddon Greta, called Kurri Kurri - Abermain by the ABS. Its estimated population was 20,631 at the 2021 census. The population of the Kurri Kurri built-up area (which excludes some rural areas from Kurri Kurri - Abermain) was 20,015 at the 2021 census.