Port Hacking NSW 2229
446 addresses · 14 streets
Cook Electorate › Sutherland Shire LGA › Port Hacking · 23 km from Sydney
Living Here
Port Hacking is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,210 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $3,394 a week, with median rent near $795 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Caringbah - Lilli Pilli statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Port Hacking itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 supermarkets
4 doctors & medical clinics
3 hardware stores
1 mechanic
1 plumber
2 carpenters
Getting around. Train station: Caringbah, 2.9 km north · Railway halt: Royal National Park, 6.2 km west · Ferry wharf: Cronulla, 2.7 km north-east · Airport: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, 14.4 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 20.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 20.2% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 35.5% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 52.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 64.5%
Population by age in Port Hacking
| 0-4 | 79 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 186 |
| 15-19 | 87 |
| 20-24 | 75 |
| 25-34 | 96 |
| 35-44 | 128 |
| 45-54 | 174 |
| 55-64 | 155 |
| 65-74 | 120 |
| 75-84 | 74 |
| 85+ | 23 |
Dwelling types in Port Hacking
| House | 337 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 21 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Port Hacking
| <$650 | 31 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 45 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 76 |
| $3,000+ | 193 |
Top ancestries in Port Hacking
| Australian | 492 |
|---|---|
| English | 457 |
| Irish | 143 |
| Scottish | 128 |
| Other | 79 |
| Italian | 61 |
Housing tenure in Port Hacking
| Owned | 169 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 162 |
| Rented | 27 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Port Hacking
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 76 |
| 2 | 145 |
| 3 | 65 |
| 4+ | 61 |
Commute to work in Port Hacking
| Car | 253 |
|---|---|
| Train | 5 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 234 |
Top countries of birth in Port Hacking
| England | 46 |
|---|---|
| China | 14 |
| Greece | 11 |
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Italy | 6 |
| Lebanon | 6 |
Languages used at home in Port Hacking
| Greek | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 21 |
| Italian | 15 |
| Cantonese | 12 |
| Arabic | 7 |
| French | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
61,621 bird observations recorded near Port Hacking — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (5,045)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3,810)
- Australian Magpie (3,157)
- Noisy Miner (2,989)
- Australian Raven (2,870)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2,814)
- Silver Gull (2,725)
- Pied Currawong (2,505)
- Australian White Ibis (2,486)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2,172)
- White-faced Heron (2,024)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,002)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,906)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Port Hacking
- Chestnut Teal (1,834)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,796)
- Welcome Swallow (1,667)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (1,592)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (1,548)
- Little Wattlebird (1,541)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,517)
- Magpie-lark (1,455)
- Willie Wagtail (1,425)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,394)
- Grey Butcherbird (1,391)
- Australian Pelican (1,380)
- Red Wattlebird (1,341)
- Dusky Moorhen (1,333)
- Masked Lapwing (1,324)
- Eastern Whipbird (1,318)
- Silvereye (1,260)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Port Hacking:
- Dolans Bay (0.6 km)
- Lilli Pilli (0.7 km)
- Yenabilli (1.3 km)
- Maianbar (1.5 km)
- Caringbah South (1.5 km)
- Burraneer (1.6 km)
- Warumbul (2 km)
- Bonnie Vale (2.3 km)
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Streets
- Apollo Place (9)
- Bass Street (35)
- Gow Avenue (26)
- Kewol Place (9)
- Mookara Place (24)
- Moombara Crescent (35)
- Myuna Place (8)
- Port Hacking Road (97)
- Sandbar Place (28)
- Shiprock Road (29)
- Tamba Place (9)
- Turriell Point Road (103)
- Walker Road (22)
- Wallendbeen Avenue (12)
