Bronte NSW 2024
3,857 addresses · 55 streets
Wentworth Electorate › Waverley LGA › Bronte · 6 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Bronte is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 7,166 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $3,365 a week, with median rent near $675 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 60% of households own their home and 39% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bondi - Tamarama - Bronte statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bronte itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
36 Catholic churches
13 childcare & kindergartens
1 playground
Getting around. Train station: Bondi Junction, 1.9 km north-west · Metro station: Central, 5.7 km north-west · Light rail stop: Randwick, 2.6 km south-west · Bus interchange: Bondi Junction Interchange, 1.8 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Rose Bay Wharf, 3.6 km north · Airport: Rose Bay Seaplane Base, 3.7 km north.
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: 14.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 14.2% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 20.0% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 20.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 68.4%
Population by age in Bronte
| 0-4 | 375 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 949 |
| 15-19 | 401 |
| 20-24 | 312 |
| 25-34 | 1,175 |
| 35-44 | 1,066 |
| 45-54 | 1,076 |
| 55-64 | 811 |
| 65-74 | 513 |
| 75-84 | 297 |
| 85+ | 185 |
Dwelling types in Bronte
| House | 814 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 491 |
| Apartment | 1,306 |
| Other | 29 |
Households by weekly income in Bronte
| <$650 | 203 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 298 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 578 |
| $3,000+ | 1,368 |
Top ancestries in Bronte
| English | 2,798 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 2,004 |
| Irish | 1,138 |
| Other | 1,011 |
| Scottish | 734 |
| Ancestry NS | 424 |
Housing tenure in Bronte
| Owned | 849 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 712 |
| Rented | 1,021 |
| Other | 33 |
Cars per household in Bronte
| 0 | 296 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,232 |
| 2 | 822 |
| 3 | 195 |
| 4+ | 77 |
Commute to work in Bronte
| Car | 906 |
|---|---|
| Train | 30 |
| Bus | 35 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 119 |
| Bicycle | 48 |
| Home | 2,247 |
Top countries of birth in Bronte
| England | 581 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 184 |
| United States | 129 |
| South Africa | 117 |
| Ireland | 82 |
| France | 74 |
Languages used at home in Bronte
| French | 119 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 102 |
| Spanish | 100 |
| Italian | 88 |
| German | 78 |
| Portuguese | 65 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
225,022 bird observations recorded near Bronte — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (17,021)
- Noisy Miner (12,358)
- Australian White Ibis (11,455)
- Rock Dove (10,363)
- Common Myna (9,493)
- Welcome Swallow (8,916)
- Pied Currawong (8,628)
- Pacific Black Duck (8,563)
- Australian Raven (8,490)
- Australian Magpie (8,063)
- Silver Gull (7,443)
- Dusky Moorhen (7,312)
- Magpie-lark (7,112)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bronte
- Black Swan (7,088)
- Crested Pigeon (6,761)
- Eurasian Coot (6,705)
- Willie Wagtail (6,673)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (6,435)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (6,297)
- Superb Fairy-wren (5,973)
- Pied Cormorant (5,965)
- Laughing Kookaburra (5,938)
- Little Black Cormorant (5,806)
- Common Starling (5,638)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (5,398)
- Hardhead (5,352)
- Little Pied Cormorant (5,104)
- Masked Lapwing (4,998)
- Australasian Grebe (4,911)
- Australasian Darter (4,763)
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 Bronte:
- Waverley (0.7 km)
- Clovelly (0.9 km)
- Tamarama (0.9 km)
- Bondi (1.1 km)
- Queens Park (1.5 km)
- Bondi Junction (1.7 km)
- Bondi Beach (1.8 km)
- Coogee (2 km)
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Streets
- Albert Lane (1)
- Albert Street (10)
- Alfred Street (45)
- Andrew Street (22)
- Arden Street (12)
- Ashley Street (1)
- Baglin Street (6)
- Bayview Street (43)
- Belgrave Street (165)
- Birrell Street (78)
- Blandford Avenue (54)
- Boundary Street (45)
- Brae Street (89)
- Bronte Marine Drive (21)
- Bronte Road (657)
- Brown Street (99)
- Busby Parade (43)
- Calga Avenue (9)
- Carter Street (10)
- Chesterfield Lane (10)
- Chesterfield Parade (58)
- Collingwood Street (8)
- Commercial Street (1)
- Cross Street (45)
- Darling Street (70)
- Dickson Street (76)
- Evans Street (65)
- Fig Tree Lane (1)
- Gardyne Street (110)
- Gibson Street (14)
- Gipps Street (43)
- Gordon Place (17)
- Harlowe Place (4)
- Hewlett Street (228)
- Inverness Street (6)
- Leichhardt Street (13)
- Lugar Brae Avenue (16)
- Lugar Street (80)
- Macpherson Street (514)
- Marroo Street (9)
- Mirimar Avenue (18)
- Murray Street (198)
- Nelson Avenue (3)
- Pacific Street (200)
- Palmerston Avenue (158)
- Pembroke Street (17)
- Read Street (127)
- Rose Street (17)
- Scott Street (41)
- St Thomas Street (131)
- Tamarama Marine Drive (4)
- Tipper Avenue (52)
- Trafalgar Street (10)
- Violet Street (24)
- Yanko Avenue (59)