Mystery Bay NSW 2546
211 addresses · 11 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Eurobodalla LGA › Mystery Bay · 288 km from Sydney
Living Here
Mystery Bay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 199 people, with a median age of 63. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Narooma - Bermagui statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mystery Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Moruya Airport, 44.8 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: 53.7% 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 | 53.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 68.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 32.1%
Population by age in Mystery Bay
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 54 |
| 75-84 | 29 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Mystery Bay
| House | 89 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Mystery Bay
| <$650 | 25 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 37 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Mystery Bay
| English | 83 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 67 |
| Irish | 32 |
| Scottish | 28 |
| Other | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
Housing tenure in Mystery Bay
| Owned | 66 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mystery Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 36 |
| 2 | 43 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Mystery Bay
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Mystery Bay
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 6 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| Germany | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
42,692 bird observations recorded near Mystery Bay — most often seen:
- Little Penguin (31,134)
- Australian Magpie (648)
- Red Wattlebird (573)
- Silver Gull (568)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (566)
- Little Wattlebird (504)
- Great Cormorant (452)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (442)
- Little Pied Cormorant (421)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (402)
- Laughing Kookaburra (398)
- New Holland Honeyeater (393)
- Grey Fantail (383)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mystery Bay
- Superb Fairy-wren (377)
- Welcome Swallow (377)
- Australian Raven (369)
- Satin Bowerbird (369)
- Wonga Pigeon (364)
- Pied Currawong (356)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (355)
- Crimson Rosella (348)
- Crested Tern (340)
- Eastern Spinebill (331)
- Galah (329)
- Brown Thornbill (328)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (321)
- Australian King-parrot (319)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (317)
- Eastern Whipbird (310)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (298)
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 Mystery Bay:
- Corunna (3.2 km)
- Central Tilba (4.5 km)
- Akolele (7.5 km)
- Tilba Tilba (7.6 km)
- Narooma (8.6 km)
- Wallaga Lake (10.2 km)
- North Narooma (11 km)
- Kianga (11.9 km)
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Streets
- Casey Crescent (37)
- Dromedary Drive (23)
- Johnston Way (18)
- Lamont Young Drive (34)
- Lloyd Place (12)
- Martin Grove (12)
- Mystery Bay Road (29)
- Negus Drive (10)
- Poole Parade (9)
- Reader Place (15)
- Schneider Drive (12)
