Chittaway Bay, New South Wales

Chittaway Bay
Suburb
Chittaway Bay
Coordinates: 33°19′55″S151°27′04″E / 33.332°S 151.451°E / -33.332; 151.451
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
City	Central Coast
LGA(s)	Central Coast Council
Location	6 km (3.7 mi) SSE of Wyong
Government
•  State electorate(s)	Wyong
•  Federal division(s)	Dobell
Area
• Total	1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Population
• Total(s)	1,987 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	2261
Parish	Tuggerah
Suburbs around Chittaway Bay Kangy Angy Chittaway Point Chittaway Point Berkeley Vale Chittaway Bay Berkeley Vale Berkeley Vale Tuggerah Lake

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

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chittaway Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chittaway Bay". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 July 2024.