Heatherbrae is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It 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.

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.

History

The Worimi people are the traditional owners of the Port Stephens area.

Demographics

At the 2016 census, it had a population of 512, and 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.

See also

• 2013 New South Wales bushfires

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