Chittaway Bay Central Coast, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°19′55″S 151°27′04″E / 33.332°S 151.451°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,987 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2261 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1.2[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Location | 6 km (4 mi) SSE of Wyong | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Central Coast Council | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Tuggerah | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Wyong | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Dobell | ||||||||||||||
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Chittaway Bay is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.
The main road through the suburb, Chittaway Road, has on it a four star motel, service station, and a shopping centre known as Chittaway Centre, it also has a pub called Chittaway Bay Tavern, but more commonly known to locals as "The Tav".
Population
According to the 2021 census, there were 1,987 people in Chittaway Bay.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.
- 83.9% of people were born in Australia; the next most common counties of birth included England at 4.1%, New Zealand at 1.5%, Scotland at 0.6%, India at 0.6%, and Thailand at 0.6%. 90.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages spoken at home included Spanish at 0.9%, Cantonese at 0.8%, Malayalam at 0.7%, Thai at 0.4%, and French at 0.4%.
- The most common responses for religion included No Religion at 39.0%, Catholic at 22.2%, Anglican at 20.9, and Uniting Church at 2.2%; a further 4.5% of respondents for this area elected not to disclose their religious status.[2]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chittaway Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chittaway Bay". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 July 2024.