Bonnells Bay NSW 2264

Living Here

Bonnells Bay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,066 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,460 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Bonnells Bay - Silverwater statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bonnells Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

  • Bonnells Bay Public School
  • Brightwaters Christian College
  • Heritage College Lake Macquarie
  • Morisset Public School
  • Morisset High School
  • St John Vianney Primary School
  • Eraring Primary School
  • Dora Creek Public School
  • Mannering Park Public School
• 1 supermarket

  • Coles
• 6 parks

  • Pendlebury Park
  • Bonnells Bay Park
  • Irene Auston Reserve
  • Brightwaters Hall Reserve
  • Balcolyn Hall Reserve
  • Shingle Splitters
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Patrick and St Brigid
• 4 hospitals

  • Morisset Hospital
  • Moriseset Comunity Health Centre
  • Toronto Private Hospital
  • Belmont Hospital
• 1 library

  • Morisset Library
• 2 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Australia Post
• 3 service stations

  • Mirrabooka Motors
  • Shell
  • Metro Petroleum
• 1 gym

  • Morisset District Tennis Centre
• 1 golf club

  • Toronto Country Club
• 2 hardware stores

  • Reece Plumbing
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 5 places to stay

  • The Bay Hotel Motel
  • Morisset Showground Camping
  • Lake Macquarie Village
  • Mecca Caravan Park
  • Ingenia Holidays Lake Macquarie

Getting around. Train station: Morisset, 3.5 km west · Bus interchange: Morisset Bus Interchange, 3.5 km west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 12.4 km east.

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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: 38.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.4% · Labour-force participation 54.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

17,373 bird observations recorded near Bonnells Bay — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,679)
• Noisy Miner (1,218)
• Laughing Kookaburra (850)
• Australian Magpie (797)
• Australian Pelican (693)
• Australian Wood Duck (631)
• White-faced Heron (627)
• Little Pied Cormorant (601)
• Eastern Rosella (598)
• Silver Gull (584)
• Crested Pigeon (574)
• Welcome Swallow (561)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (554)

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 Bonnells Bay:

• Windermere Park (1 km)
• Morisset Park (1.8 km)
• Yarrawonga Park (1.9 km)
• Brightwaters (2 km)
• Mirrabooka (2.8 km)
• Balcolyn (2.9 km)
• Silverwater (3.5 km)
• Sunshine (3.6 km)

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