Heatherbrae, New South Wales

Heatherbrae is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] The suburb lies to the east of the Hunter River and to the south of the town of Raymond Terrace.[6] It is bisected by the Pacific Highway. At the 2016 census it had a population of 512.[1] 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.[6] 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.[8] In terms of religion, 26.1% were Anglican, 21.4% No Religion, 19.0% Catholic, 12.0% Not Stated and 4.5% Uniting Church.[8] 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.[8]

Heatherbrae
New South Wales
Clayton Road roundabout, 2023
Heatherbrae is located in New South Wales
Heatherbrae
Heatherbrae
Coordinates32°46′54″S 151°44′04″E
Population512 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density38.7/km2 (100/sq mi) [Note 1]
Postcode(s)2324
Elevation10 m (33 ft)[Note 2]
Area12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi)[Note 3]
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s)Port Stephens Council[2]
RegionHunter[2]
CountyGloucester[3]
ParishEldon[3]
State electorate(s)Port Stephens[4]
Federal division(s)Newcastle[5]
Suburbs around Heatherbrae:
Millers Forest Raymond Terrace Raymond Terrace
Millers Forest, Woodberry Heatherbrae Raymond Terrace
Woodberry Tomago Tomago

See also

Notes
  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 (1,600/sq mi).
  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.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Heatherbrae (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. "Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Port Stephens". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  3. "Heatherbrae". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  4. "Port Stephens". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. "Newcastle". Australian Electoral Commission. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  6. "Heatherbrae". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  7. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Port Stephens Council.
  8. "2016 Census QuickStats: Heatherbrae". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 16 October 2020.


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