Heatherbrae, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Heatherbrae
State:nsw
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Coordinates:-32.7817°N 151.7344°W
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pop:512
Density:38.7
Density Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:2324
Elevation:10
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Area:12.7
Area Footnotes:[3]
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:162
Dir1:N
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:23
Dir2:NNW
Location2:Newcastle
Dist3:4
Dir3:S
Location3:Raymond Terrace
Lga:Port Stephens Council[4]
Region:Hunter
County:Gloucester
Parish:Eldon
Stategov:Port Stephens[5]
Fedgov:Newcastle[6]
Near-N:Raymond Terrace
Near-Ne:Raymond Terrace
Near-E:Raymond Terrace
Near-Se:Tomago
Near-S:Tomago
Near-Sw:Woodberry
Near-W:Millers Forest, Woodberry
Near-Nw:Millers Forest

Heatherbrae is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[4] The suburb lies to the east of the Hunter River and to the south of the town of Raymond Terrace. It is bisected by the Pacific Highway. At the 2016 census it had a population of 512. Most of the population lives to the west of the Pacific Highway in a housing subdivision while some residents live to the east of the highway in a semi-industrial area. Remaining residents live in rural and semi-rural areas adjacent to the highway and throughout the rest of the suburb. The Worimi people are the traditional owners of the Port Stephens area.[7] In 2016 the median age of the population was 54.[8] 80% were born in Australia, 2.6% New Zealand, 2.2% Pakistan, 2.0% England, 1% Germany and 0.8% China. In terms of religion, 26.1% were Anglican, 21.4% No Religion, 19.0% Catholic, 12.0% Not Stated and 4.5% Uniting Church. In terms of languages spoken other than English, 2.2% speak Urdu, 0.8% Tagalog, 0.6% Italian, 0.6% Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian and 0.6% Bengali.

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Notes and References

  1. This is the average density of the entire suburb. However, most of the residents live in a small area around the Pacific Highway which forms the ABS Census Collection District. The average population density in this area is approximately 600/km2.
  2. Average elevation of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
  3. Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
  4. Web site: Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Port Stephens. New South Wales Division of Local Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20140621120504/http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=6400&region=HT. 21 June 2014. 7 January 2009.
  5. Web site: Port Stephens. . 23 November 2019.
  6. Web site: Newcastle . Australian Electoral Commission. 10 January 2007. 7 January 2009.
  7. Web site: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Port Stephens Council. 8 September 2020. 10 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180410020116/http://www.portstephens.nsw.gov.au/live/community/our-community/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people. dead.
  8. Web site: 2016 Census QuickStats: Heatherbrae. 2020-10-16. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. en.