Black Hill, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Black Hill
City:Newcastle
State:nsw
Alternative Location Map:Australia Hunter Central Coast
Lga:City of Newcastle
Lga2:City of Cessnock
Lga3:City of Maitland
Postcode:2322
Pop:516
Parish:Newcastle
Stategov:Cessnock
Fedgov:Paterson
Dist1:26
Dir1:NW
Location1:Newcastle
Dist2:14
Dir2:SSE
Location2:Maitland
Near-N:Beresfield, Four Mile Creek
Near-Ne:Tarro, Beresfield
Near-E:Hexham
Near-Se:Fletcher
Near-S:Lenaghan, Stockrington
Near-Sw:Buchanan
Near-W:Buttai
Near-Nw:Four Mile Creek, Buchanan

Black Hill is a rural locality and suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 26km (16miles) northwest of Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle and City of Cessnock local government areas.

Black Hill Public School

Black Hill Public School is a small school located on Blackhill Road. It was founded in 1881. Notable people who received education at this school include Sydney Swans player Isaac Heeney, the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Australian politician Milton Morris, and Reilly Stevenson who held the title of School President in 2015, along with 2 chess championship awards and 1 handball championship award.

Population

Black Hill had a population of 516 at the . 89.7% of people were born in Australia and 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 42.6%, Anglican 17.1% and Catholic 15.9%.