Background: Hearing loss is a common age-related condition associated with significant social and health consequences. Despite growing public health interest globally and in Australia, the general population’s understanding of its broader implications remains limited. Such understanding, however, is crucial for developing effective hearing health promotion initiatives. Aim: To characterise hearing loss literacy in an Australian community sample. Methods: Data were from the Resilient Minds Study, an app-based study of mental and cognitive health resilience. Hearing loss literacy was assessed using 12 items covering two domains: awareness of hearing loss implications (5 items) and beliefs about hearing loss (7 items). Response distributions were described, and Mann-Whitney U tests examined group differences by age (40-64 vs 65+ years), sex (male vs female), and hearing status (normal hearing vs hearing loss). Results: A total of 1,010 adults were included (Mage=63.3 years, SD=11.04, 73% female). Based on app-based audiometry, 26.4% were classified as having hearing loss. Overall literacy was low: Fewer than one third of participants reported being very aware of links with depression (32.3%), dementia (25.5%), falls (14.4%), or type 2 diabetes (3.3%). Females demonstrated consistently higher awareness than males. Older adults were more aware of the link with dementia, whereas midlife adults more strongly agreed that hearing loss is preventable. Participants with normal hearing showed greater agreement with several hearing loss belief statements than those with hearing loss. Conclusion/Implications: More needs to be done to improve hearing loss literacy in Australia through targeted public health campaigns and research initiatives, particularly among males, midlife adults, and individuals without diagnosed hearing loss.