Heatherbrae, New South Wales
Suburb of Port Stephens Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Heatherbrae is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][5] It 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.
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| Coordinates: 32°46′54″S 151°44′04″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[1] | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 512 (2016 census)[4] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 38.7/km2 (100/sq mi)[Note 3] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2324 | ||||||||||||
| County | Gloucester[5] | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Eldon[5] | ||||||||||||
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Geography
Most of Heatherbrae's 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]
History
The Worimi people are the traditional owners of the Port Stephens area.[7]
The suburb was bypassed in 2026 when an extension of the Pacific Motorway from Beresfield opened.[8] The section of the Pacific Highway through Heatherbrae now serves local traffic.
Demographics
At the 2016 census, it had a population of 512,[4] and the median age of the population was 54.[9] 80% were born in Australia, 2.6% New Zealand, 2.2% Pakistan, 2.0% England, 1% Germany and 0.8% China.[9]
In terms of religion, 26.1% were Anglican, 21.4% No Religion, 19.0% Catholic, 12.0% Not Stated and 4.5% Uniting Church.[9] 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.[9]
See also
Notes
- Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
- Average elevation of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
- 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).
