Anna Bay NSW 2316
3,009 addresses · 71 streets
Paterson Electorate › Port Stephens LGA › Anna Bay · 146 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Anna Bay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,221 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,189 a week, with median rent near $390 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Anna Bay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Anna Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
2 Catholic churches
1 pharmacy
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 dentist
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
1 bakery
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Newcastle Airport, 23 km west.
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: 41.3% 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 | 41.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 41.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 47.7%
Population by age in Anna Bay
| 0-4 | 199 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 431 |
| 15-19 | 228 |
| 20-24 | 166 |
| 25-34 | 343 |
| 35-44 | 361 |
| 45-54 | 501 |
| 55-64 | 658 |
| 65-74 | 733 |
| 75-84 | 524 |
| 85+ | 82 |
Dwelling types in Anna Bay
| House | 1,440 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 232 |
| Apartment | 8 |
| Other | 14 |
Households by weekly income in Anna Bay
| <$650 | 372 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 630 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 415 |
| $3,000+ | 185 |
Top ancestries in Anna Bay
| English | 1,996 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,643 |
| Scottish | 536 |
| Irish | 477 |
| Ancestry NS | 237 |
| Other | 207 |
Housing tenure in Anna Bay
| Owned | 872 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 471 |
| Rented | 314 |
| Other | 29 |
Cars per household in Anna Bay
| 0 | 46 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 720 |
| 2 | 624 |
| 3 | 186 |
| 4+ | 112 |
Commute to work in Anna Bay
| Car | 976 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 10 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 39 |
| Bicycle | 7 |
| Home | 265 |
Top countries of birth in Anna Bay
| England | 238 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 78 |
| Germany | 36 |
| Scotland | 31 |
| Italy | 19 |
| Netherlands | 19 |
Languages used at home in Anna Bay
| Italian | 19 |
|---|---|
| German | 11 |
| Nepali | 10 |
| Spanish | 9 |
| Thai | 9 |
| French | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
24,216 bird observations recorded near Anna Bay — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,470)
- Australian White Ibis (1,280)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,141)
- Australian Magpie (1,126)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,062)
- Short-tailed Shearwater (1,001)
- Australian Wood Duck (963)
- Eastern Rosella (842)
- Little Wattlebird (834)
- Noisy Miner (828)
- Welcome Swallow (824)
- Crested Pigeon (822)
- White-faced Heron (806)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Anna Bay
- Masked Lapwing (800)
- Magpie-lark (793)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (793)
- Willie Wagtail (739)
- Dusky Moorhen (699)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (678)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (663)
- Superb Fairy-wren (660)
- Little Black Cormorant (642)
- Common Myna (622)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (610)
- Australian Raven (604)
- Royal Spoonbill (598)
- Giinbaywarraymal (590)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (584)
- Pied Butcherbird (573)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (569)
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 Anna Bay:
- Fishermans Bay (1.7 km)
- Boat Harbour (2.7 km)
- One Mile (2.9 km)
- Taylors Beach (3.1 km)
- Salamander Bay (5.1 km)
- Bobs Farm (6.2 km)
- Corlette (6.3 km)
- Lemon Tree Passage (6.6 km)
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Streets
- Abel Place (18)
- Anchorage Circuit (49)
- Anglers Drive (41)
- Argyle Avenue (65)
- Beachcomber Close (15)
- Bellmount Close (69)
- Bentham Place (27)
- Birubi Lane (9)
- Biscay Close (37)
- Blake Parade (9)
- Bungwall Close (12)
- Callaghan Drive (9)
- Campbell Avenue (144)
- Carmody Close (13)
- Celestial Way (6)
- Clark Street (9)
- Clonmeen Circuit (24)
- Coastline Crescent (24)
- Colde Close (7)
- Coronation Street (24)
- Cromarty Crescent (20)
- Davidson Street (12)
- Dobbs Place (12)
- Dolphin Close (10)
- Dunmore Avenue (34)
- Essington Way (115)
- Fenninghams Island Road (2)
- Fishermans Bay Road (14)
- Fitzroy Street (48)
- Frost Road (264)
- Gan Gan Road (269)
- Gordon Close (67)
- Halyard Circuit (21)
- Hanson Avenue (46)
- Harris Road (9)
- Hollywood Boulevard (14)
- Holms Place (10)
- James Paterson Street (129)
- Jessie Road (8)
- Knot Avenue (36)
- Lantry Place (24)
- Latitude Drive (4)
- Longitude Crescent (25)
- Margaret Street (32)
- Marlin Place (23)
- Meridian Avenue (10)
- Morna Point Road (143)
- Nelson Bay Road (351)
- Ocean Avenue (91)
- Old Main Road (107)
- Pacific Avenue (103)
- Penny Lane (11)
- Pepper Lane (5)
- Ponsonby Road (20)
- Port Stephens Drive (57)
- Port Street (36)
- Prentice Place (21)
- Reeve Parade (19)
- Regatta Close (21)
- Robert Connell Close (6)
- Robinson Street (52)
- Scott Street (24)
- Seabreeze Close (14)
- Shelby Close (9)
- Skid Row (12)
- Skipper Court (7)
- Tasman Way (10)
- Taylors Beach Road (1)
- Tidal Parade (12)
- Tobin Lane (6)
- Trotter Road (2)
