Freshwater (New South Wales)

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Freshwater
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View of Freshwater Headland at sunset
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Coordinates : 33 ° 47 ′  S , 151 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 47 ′  S , 151 ° 18 ′  E
Area : 1.8  km²
Residents : 8,866 (2016)
Population density : 4926 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 2096
Freshwater (New South Wales)
Freshwater
Freshwater

Freshwater is a suburb of the Australian city ​​of Sydney in the state of New South Wales . In 2016 it had 8,866 inhabitants.

geography

Freshwater Beach
Rockpool from Freshwater

Freshwater belongs to the Northern Beaches and is located a little north of Manly directly on the coast of the Pacific . To the north, Freshwater is bordered by Curl Curl and North Manly , to the west also by North Manly and to the south by Queenscliff .

In the village are the small parks McKillop Park , Harbord Park and Jacka Park as well as the Corella Street Reserve .

Of the one and a half kilometers of Freshwater coast, about 320 meters are beach. This is in a small bay. A small part in the south of Freshwater Beach already belongs to the adjacent Queenscliff. There is a rock pool on the northern part of the beach .

population

During the 2016 census, Freshwater had 8,866 inhabitants. Of these, 4,369 were male and 44,499 were female. The average age was 35 years, which is 3 years lower than the national average. 31 residents (0.3%) of the population were of indigenous descent .

In Freshwater lived 2,354 families with an average of 1.8 children. The average household was 2.5 people and had 1.6 motorized vehicles. Children up to 14 years made up 20.7% of the population.

Most residents have as ancestors English (29.7%), Australian (23.2%), Irish (10.4%), Scots (8.0%) or Italian (3.3%).

Web links

Commons : Freshwater, New South Wales  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Australian Bureau of Statistics : Freshwater (NSW) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2020.