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Blue Bay NSW 2261

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Dobell Electorate › Central Coast LGA › Blue Bay · 63 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Blue Bay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,060 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,323 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 37% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,060Population
52Median age
$1,323Median household income / wk
$380Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the The Entrance statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blue Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Tuggerah, 9 km north-west · Airport: Somersby Airfield, 18.6 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 4.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Blue Bay

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Blue Bay NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20204.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 52.9%

Population by age in Blue Bay
Population by age, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-437
5-1485
15-1945
20-2455
25-34118
35-44100
45-54137
55-64185
65-74184
75-8481
85+41
Dwelling types in Blue Bay
Dwelling types, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House241
Townhouse162
Apartment71
Other0
Households by weekly income in Blue Bay
Households by weekly income, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65094
$650-1,499152
$1,500-2,999122
$3,000+82
Top ancestries in Blue Bay
Top ancestries, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English458
Australian449
Irish127
Scottish124
Other66
Ancestry NS56
Housing tenure in Blue Bay
Housing tenure, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned192
Mortgage96
Rented176
Other8
Cars per household in Blue Bay
Cars per household, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
052
1190
2161
343
4+30
Commute to work in Blue Bay
Commute to work, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car233
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle5
Home121
Top countries of birth in Blue Bay
Top countries of birth, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England31
New Zealand10
Scotland10
Italy7
Germany6
Netherlands6
Languages used at home in Blue Bay
Languages used at home, Blue Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Italian5
Filipino4
Mandarin3
Japanese3
Polish3
Spanish3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

49,402 bird observations recorded near Blue Bay — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Blue Bay

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Image — Maurice van Creij · CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).