Barrack Heights, New South Wales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Barrack Heights Shellharbour, New South Wales
Barrack Heights Location in New South Wales
Postcode(s)	2528
Location	16 km (10 mi) south of Wollongong
LGA(s)	City of Shellharbour
Region	Illawarra
County	Camden
Parish	Terragong
State electorate(s)	Shellharbour
Federal Division(s)	Whitlam
Suburbs around Barrack Heights: Mount Warrigal Warilla Warilla Oak Flats, Shellharbour City Centre Barrack Heights Barrack Point Blackbutt Blackbutt Shellharbour

Barrack Heights is a suburb of the City of Shellharbour in New South Wales, Australia in the local government area of the same name. Many institutions are located in Barrack Heights, including Shellharbour Public Hospital, Shellharbour Private Hospital, Warilla Bowling Club, Warilla Sports Club and Warilla High School.

Barrack Heights is surrounded by the suburbs of Barrack Point, Blackbutt, Mount Warrigal, Oak Flats, Shellharbour, Shellharbour City Centre and Warilla.

Demography

The 2021 census revealed that 6,003 lived in the suburb of Barrack Heights. Indigenous peoples accounted for 6.9% of the population.

Country of birth

• Australia - 4,540 (75.6%)
• England - 271 (4.5%)
• Macedonia - 168 (2.8%)
• New Zealand - 49 (0.8%)
• Scotland - 47 (0.8%)
• Germany - 45 (0.7%)

Language spoken at home

• English - 4,923 (82.0%)
• Macedonian - 229 (3.8%)
• Spanish - 71 (1.2%)
• Italian - 63 (1.0%)
• Serbian - 51 (0.8%)
• Croatian - 45 (0.7%)