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Heatherbrae
New South Wales
Heatherbrae is located in New South Wales
Heatherbrae
Heatherbrae
Location in New South Wales
Population 512 (2016 census)
 • Density 38.7/km2 (100/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 2324
Elevation 10 m (33 ft)
Area 12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s) Port Stephens Council
Region Hunter
County Gloucester
Parish Eldon
State electorate(s) Port Stephens
Federal Division(s) Newcastle
Suburbs around Heatherbrae:
Millers Forest Raymond Terrace Raymond Terrace
Millers Forest, Woodberry Heatherbrae Raymond Terrace
Woodberry Tomago Tomago

Heatherbrae is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. 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. In 2016 the median age of the population was 54. 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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