Berowra Creek was a remote northern

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, in the state of

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. The former suburb of Berowra Creek was composed of several different waterfront locations near and around the 30 km long

Berowra Creek The Berowra Creek, a Perennial stream, watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Nepean catchment, is located to the north of the Sydney central business district in the Hornsby Shire of New South Wales, Australi ...

watercourse, within the

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Council area. Access to these waterfront locations is via boat only. The use of the name "Berowra Creek" as a suburb was discontinued in 2021, with the area being merged into the neighbouring locality of

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Population

According to the 2011 census of Population, there were 213 residents in Berowra Creek. 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 2.3% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.4%. 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for 'language spoken at home' were Urdu 3.2%, Dutch 1.4% and Greek 1.4%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were

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35.6%, No Religion 21.8% and

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20.8%.

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