Heckenberg Sydney, New South Wales |
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Heckenberg Public School |
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Population: | 2900 (2006) | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 2168 | ||||||||||||
Location: | 36 km (22 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
LGA: | City of Liverpool | ||||||||||||
State District: | Liverpool | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Fowler | ||||||||||||
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Heckenberg is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Heckenberg is located 36 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool.
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Heckenberg was named after a pioneering family who settled in the area before 1840. Casper Theodore Heckenberg was born in Plymouth England in 1810 to parents Harriet and Henry, who later moved to Hull. Casper was a master mariner and operated ships between Sydney and Port Stevens in the logging trade. The family bought land in the Liverpool area and some of the Heckenberg sons became well known woodchoppers. James William Heckenberg was the Australasian Woodchopping Champion at the turn of the century. There were eight brothers and one sister in the Heckenberg family. Heckenberg was part of the Green Valley housing estate, which was subdivided in 1960.[1]
According to the 2006 census, Heckenberg had a population of 2870 whose average age of 30 was substantially younger than the national average of 37. It is a low-income area with the median household income ($692 per week) significantly lower than the national average ($1027). The most common occupations were labourers (20%), machinery operators and drivers (15%) and technicians and tradesworkers (15%). There were substantial minorities in the area speaking Arabic (12.2%) and Vietnamese (11.8%) at home.[3]