village has also appeared in TV ads, thanks to publicity by Lonely Planet; the village also has a large social media presence. Environmental issues The village's success is known to backfire with its population of 112 quickly spiringing to 4000 people in a few summer evenings, with the streets becoming engulfed with traffic and tourists littering on the beach. Because of this, local residents have pressed council to resolve the safety issues. There is only one road in and out, so when the village is overrun by cars, access for emergency vehicles and evacuation in case of bush fire becomes impossible. Now the council is closing the village once the 450 street parking spaces are at effective capacity. The local bush care group is working hard to revegetate the dunes which have been badly damaged by tourists who have pushed into the dunes to find shade or an illegal camping spot. Demographics In the 2016 Australian census, Hyams Beach appeared to be wealthy for a beach resort with 20% of its inhabitants earning more than $3000 a week, 90% of inhavitants owning their home and 93% of the houses having three or four bedrooms. 80.4% of 112 people living in Hyams Beach were born in Australia. The other responses for country of birth were England 8.8%, South Africa 3.9% and New Zealand 2.9%. The most common ancestries were English 31.7%, Scottish 19.0%, Irish 18.3%, Australian 16.2% and German 5.6%. The most common responses for religion were no religion, so described 30.1%, Anglican 25.2%, Catholic 20.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 5.8% and secular beliefs 5.8%. 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans, at 3.9%. 70.5% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated. Of occupied private dwellings, 100% were separate houses. History The area now known as Hyams Beach lies on the traditional lands of a group of the Yuin, members of what early settlers called 'the Jervis Bay tribe'. The 'Jervis Bay tribe' are also known as the Wandandian people and spoke Dharamba, which was probably the northernmost dialect of the Dhurga language. Hyam's Beach is named after Michael Hyam, who was granted 41 acres of land there in 1859. Developer Henry Halloran, who bought up tracts of land around Jervis Bay following the declaration of the Jervis Bay Territory. was offering land for sale at Hyams Beach around