City profile
A quick snapshot of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, drawn from official ABS estimates and the NSW Government's council data.
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- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
- Population (ERP, 2023–24)
- 14,062ABS Estimated Resident Population (OLG data).
- Area
- 5.7 km²The smallest local government area in NSW by area.
- Population density
- ~2,467 people per km²
- Region
- Lower North Shore, Sydney — a peninsula between the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers (~8 km NW of the Sydney CBD)
- Council classification
- Metropolitan
- Main centres
- Hunters Hill, Woolwich, Henley, Huntleys Point, Huntleys Cove, Boronia Park, part of GladesvilleProclaimed in 1861 and known as Australia's oldest garden suburb, with extensive heritage sandstone buildings; a selection of suburbs is listed below.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Hunters Hill2110
- Woolwich2110
- Henley2111
- Huntleys Point2111
- Huntleys Cove2111
- Gladesville2111
- Boronia Park2111
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
The suburb list and postcodes are a selection of the localities in the Hunter's Hill LGA; some suburbs (such as Gladesville) are split with neighbouring council areas and some postcodes are shared. Hunter's Hill historically resisted amalgamation — a NSW Government proposal to merge it with Lane Cove and Ryde was abandoned in July 2017. The shaded area on the map is the official Local Government Area boundary (OpenStreetMap administrative boundary for the Municipality of Hunter's Hill).
Sources — check it yourself
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.