| Heatherbrae New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Clayton Road roundabout, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
  Heatherbrae | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°46′54″S 151°44′04″E / 32.78167°S 151.73444°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 512 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 38.7/km2 (100/sq mi) [Note 1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2324 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft)[Note 2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi)[Note 3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Port Stephens Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Gloucester[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Eldon[3] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Port Stephens[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Newcastle[5] | ||||||||||||||
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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][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.[2] 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]
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Heatherbrae (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Heatherbrae". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ^ "Port Stephens". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Newcastle". Australian Electoral Commission. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Heatherbrae". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Port Stephens Council. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "2016 Census QuickStats: Heatherbrae". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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