Port Hacking is a small bayside

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

located on the north shore of the Port Hacking estuary in

southern Sydney Southern Sydney, also commonly referred to as the Southern suburbs, is the southern metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Southern Sydney is a title for the regions and neighbourhoods which fall dire ...

, in the state of

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. The suburb is situated 26.7 kilometres south of the

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in the

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of the

Sutherland Shire Sutherland Shire is a local government area (LGA) in the southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland Shire is located approximately south-southwest of the Sydney CBD, and comprises an area of . As at the ...

History

The suburb name is the same as the name of the adjacent estuary. Thomas Holt (1811–88) owned most of the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla, including land here. In 1840, parish maps also showed that of land on this point were owned by Francis Mitchell. In 1858, Mary and Andrew Webster paid 108 pounds and 15 shillings plus a yearly peppercorn quit rent for their land in this area. The Websters sold their land to Dominick Dolan in 1863.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia , page 208

Geography

Port Hacking is surrounded by the suburbs of

Caringbah South Caringbah South is a suburb located on the Port Hacking coastline in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 25 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Suth ...

to the north-west, Lilli Pilli to the south-west and

Dolans Bay The Dolans Bay is a cove on the Burraneer Bay adjacent to the lower estuarine Hacking River of Port Hacking in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features With a catchment that drains a small number of th ...

to the north-east. The suburbs of

Maianbar Maianbar is a village on the outskirts of southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 29 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. It is part of the Sutherland Shire. Maianbar is adjacent to the village of Bu ...

and

Bundeena Bundeena is a village and suburb on the outskirts of southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bundeena is located south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Local government in Australia, local govern ...

are located on the opposite bank of Port Hacking. Port Hacking is a residential suburb. Shiprock Aquatic Reserve is within

Burraneer Bay The Burraneer Bay is a bay on the lower estuarine Hacking River of Port Hacking in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features With a catchment that drains many of the most southern suburbs of the Sutherl ...

. Access to the aquatic reserve is via Shiprock Rd in Port Hacking.

Commercial Area

Located on Port Hacking Road South, are a variety of specialty shops and

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that service the surrounding suburbs of Port Hacking, Lilli Pilli,

and

. These are a cellar, café, restaurant, butcher, florist, and reality agency, with many more

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. The strip of shops is most known for D'lish on Port, a café/restaurant.

Demographics

According to the , there were 1,210 residents in Port Hacking. * 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 3.8%, China 1.2%, Greece 0.9%, New Zealand 0.6% and Italy 0.5%. * In Port Hacking, 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.6%, Mandarin 1.7%, Italian 1.2%, Cantonese 1.0% and Arabic 0.6%. * The most common responses for religion in Port Hacking were Catholic 31.9%, No Religion 27.3%, Anglican 20.7%, Eastern Orthodox 5.2% and 3.1% did not state a religion. * The average weekly household income in Port Hacking was $3,394, much higher in comparison to the New South Wales average of $1,829.

Pop culture

Port Hacking was the hosting ground for Australia's Next Top Model series 4 in 2008.

Notable people

Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle swimming, freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the medley swimming, individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the se ...

- Olympic Swimmer, a former resident *

Scott Morrison Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, leader of the Liberal Party and was ...

- Former Prime Minister of Australia

References

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