Barrack Heights is a southern suburb of the Wollongong in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 in the Local Government Area

Local Government Area

A local government area is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory....

 of Shellharbour

City of Shellharbour

City of Shellharbour is a Local Government Area located in the Illawarra region, on the east coast of Australia, about 100 km south of Sydney...

. 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

Blackbutt, New South Wales

Blackbutt is a southern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The eastern half of the suburb is occupied by the Blackbutt Forest Reserve....

, Mount Warrigal

Mount Warrigal, New South Wales

Mount Warrigal is a large suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The population, according to the 2006 Australian Census, was 5,181. The suburb is in the Shellharbour City LGA.-Geography:...

, Oak Flats

Oak Flats, New South Wales

Oak Flats is a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia situated on the south western shores of Lake Illawarra. It is a residential area of 6,400 people and has a railway station which was moved in 2003...

, Shellharbour

Shellharbour, New South Wales

Shellharbour is a southern beachside suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the Local Government Area, City of Shellharbour....

, Shellharbour City Centre

Shellharbour City Centre, New South Wales

Shellharbour City Centre is a small southern suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Its name reflects its status as the commercial and administrative centre for the City of Shellharbour Local Government Area, and is home to the Council Administration...

 and Warilla

Warilla, New South Wales

Warilla is a seaside suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the more established areas and is nestled between other suburbs of Mount Warrigal in the west, Barrack Heights and Barrack Point in the south and Lake Illawarra in the north....

.

Demography

The 2006 Australian census revealed that 6,160 lived in the suburb of Barrack Heights. Indigenous peoples accounted for 3.7% of the population.

Country of Birth

Australia

Australia

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 - 4,375 (71.0%)

England

England

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 - 381 (6.2%)

Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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 - 244 (4.0%)

Croatia

Croatia

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 - 75 (1.2%)

Scotland

Scotland

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 - 73 (1.2%)

Germany

Germany

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 - 66 or (1.1%)

Language Spoken at Home

English language

English language

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 4,952 (80.4%)

Macedonian

Macedonian language

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 - 353 (5.7%)

Croatian

Croatian language

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 - 86 (1.4%)

Spanish

Spanish language

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 - 79 (1.3%)

Italian

Italian language

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 - 77 (1.3%)

Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

- 61 (1.0%)