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Lovett Bay, 2105

Est. population · Jun 2025

113

Growth (1 yr)

+0.9%

Growth (5 yr)

+0.9%

Median age

59

Median income

$2,437/wk

Employment rate

52.7%

University qualified

57.3%

Work from home

43.9%

Languages at home

4.4%non-English

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Excellent transport
  • Rural living
What Lovett Bay is known for: Excellent transport, Rural living

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Suburb profile

Lovett Bay is a semi-rural locality near Sydney, in Northern Beaches Council. It is close to the Elvina Bay and the Scotland Island. Notable landmarks include Birnie Lookout.

University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, placing it among the highest-ranked semi-rural and lifestyle localities, and recorded road crashes are a relative strength, with recorded road crashes 100% below the peer median, and socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median. Space is a strength, but car dependence is high. The clearer weaknesses are thinner mapped green cover within the suburb boundary and thinner park access, with green cover 100% below the peer median.

Overall, Lovett Bay suits people prioritising university qualifications and socio-economic advantage over open space.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Semi-rural locality · compared with semi-rural and lifestyle localities in New South Wales (189)

Strengths

  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group
  • Recorded road crashes are a relative strength
  • Socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median

Weaknesses

  • Green cover is thinner than in comparable places
  • Park access is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Elvina Bay
  • Scotland Island
  • Morning Bay
  • Towlers Bay
  • Birnie Lookout
  • Space is a strength, but car dependence is high

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Lovett Bay compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$500/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

113

+0.9% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

36.2%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

58th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

63rd

percentile in NSW

Rented dwellings

24%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

10/10

national SEIFA decile

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

Estimated resident population

113(June 2025)

+0.9% annual · +0.9% over 5 years · 63th percentile in NSW

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.9%
5-year growth
+0.9%
Change in 1 year
+1
Change in 5 years
+1
Growth rank in NSW
63th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~100), extrapolated at +0.4% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
117
Median age
59
Median household income / week
$2,437
Dwelling vacancy
36.2%
Unoccupied private dwellings
25 of 69
Median monthly mortgage
$3,696
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$500
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
46.7% / 28.9% / 24.4%
Employment rate
52.7%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
43.9% / 0% / 15.8%
Walked or cycled to work
7%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
43 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

57.3% of adults have a university degree, compared with 27.8% across New South Wales. 11.8% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified57.3% · 27.8% NSW
  • Diploma qualified3.6% · 9.3% NSW
  • Trade / vocational11.8% · 15% NSW
  • Year 12 or below27.3% · 47.9% NSW

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Architecture and building20.9%
  • Engineering and related technologies20.9%
  • Society and culture18.6%
  • Health10.5%
  • Management and commerce10.5%
  • Natural and physical sciences8.1%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$62,442

70th percentile in NSW · +6% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$65,580

60th percentile in NSW · +1% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
20.0%

83rd percentile in NSW · +45% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$152,817

98th percentile in NSW · +141% vs Australia

Residents with business income
13.0%

82nd percentile in NSW · +25% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 2105 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
1,392
Taxpayers reporting net rent
284
Median net rent
$3,244
Taxpayers reporting business income
176
Taxable income vs state median
+12%
Salary / wages vs state median
+5%
Rental investment vs state median
+43%
Super vs state median
+117%
Business income vs state median
+30%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in NSW, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

4.4% speak a language other than English at home; 29.1% born overseas

Language at home
109 English only · 5 other
Non-English at home
4.4%
Born overseas
32 (29.1%)
Australian citizens
100

Religion

63.2%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 63.2%, while Christianity accounts for 25.6%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion63.2%32.8%
Christianity25.6%47.6%
Other / not stated11.1%19.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic10.3%22.4%
Anglican8.5%11.9%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 2105, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
9
Against the person
0
Against property
4
Rate per 1,000 residents
79.6
State crime-rate percentile
58.4th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate)
-24.8%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
0
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
0

Most common offence types

  • Domestic Violence Related Assault0
  • Malicious Damage To Property1
  • Other Offences4
  • Other Theft1
  • Steal From Motor Vehicle1

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

School list
School catchments
  • Davidson HSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Newport PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Pittwater HSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Terrey Hls PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

  • NSW government school intake zones — NSW Department of Education · current · Updated · Open catchment polygons where published

Amenities

3 mapped amenities

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Sport & outdoors(1)
  • Sports field
Transport(1)

1 ferry terminals

Other(1)
  • West Pittwater Rural Fire BrigadeFire station

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
0
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
25°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Arcadia Pittwater Private Hospital (5.0 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
2
Participants per 1,000 residents
17.7

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
25° / 17°
Rainfall
321 mm · ~40 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
22° / 14°
Rainfall
359 mm · ~45 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
17° / 8°
Rainfall
263 mm · ~33 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
21° / 12°
Rainfall
242 mm · ~30 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from NSW Planning Portal.

2026· 2 proposals

  • August 2026

  • Demolition; Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Residential Accommodation
    15 THE CHASE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • June 2026

  • Erection of a new structure; Minor building alterations (external)
    7 THE CHASE LOVETT BAY 2105Additional Information Requested
2025· 2 proposals

  • December 2025

  • Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure
    32 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • August 2025

  • Demolition; Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Residential Accommodation
    15 THE CHASE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined
2024· 4 proposals

  • December 2024

  • Demolition; Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure
    36 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • October 2024

  • Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure
    18-20 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • May 2024

  • Erection of a new structure; Access ramp; Earthworks, retaining walls and structural support
    15 THE CHASE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined
  • Demolition; Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure
    36 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined
2023· 7 proposals

  • December 2023

  • Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure
    5 Portions Lovett Bay LOVETT BAYDetermined

  • September 2023

  • Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure
    18-20 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • July 2023

  • Port, wharf, boating facilities
    15 THE CHASE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • May 2023

  • Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs
    15 THE CHASE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • April 2023

  • Dwelling; Demolition
    36 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • March 2023

  • Alterations and additions to residential development; Other
    15 THE CHASE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • January 2023

  • Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs; Demolition; Alterations and additions to residential development; Retaining walls, protection of trees
    18-20 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined
2022· 4 proposals

  • September 2022

  • Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs; Demolition; Alterations and additions to residential development; Retaining walls, protection of trees
    18-20 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • August 2022

  • Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs; Demolition; Alterations and additions to residential development; Other
    15 THE CHASE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • April 2022

  • Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs; Retaining walls, protection of trees; Other
    18 The Portions Lovett BayDetermined

  • February 2022

  • Port, wharf, boating facilities
    2 LOVETT BAY LOVETT BAY 2105Determined
2021· 5 proposals

  • October 2021

  • Port, wharf, boating facilities
    52 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • August 2021

  • Port, wharf, boating facilities
    6 BONA CRESCENT LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • June 2021

  • Dwelling; Demolition
    36 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • April 2021

  • Alterations and additions to residential development
    11 LOVETT BAY LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

  • February 2021

  • Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs; Demolition; Alterations and additions to residential development; Retaining walls, protection of trees
    18-20 STURDEE LANE LOVETT BAY 2105Determined
2020· 1 proposal

  • October 2020

  • Port, wharf, boating facilities
    18 LOVETT BAY LOVETT BAY 2105Determined

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping. Flood cover uses NSW flood planning polygons against the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Mackellar
Member of Parliament
Sophie SCAMPS (Independent)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
129,339
Turnout (2025)
93.3%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+4.2 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 53.7%Labor 46.3%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 4.8 km away).

Coalition 52.9%Labor 47.1%

0.8 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +47.1 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • BayviewLabor 44.2% · Coalition 55.8% TPP (2025)3.3 km away
  • Bilgola PlateauLabor 52.2% · Coalition 47.8% TPP (2025)3.4 km away
  • Avalon SouthLabor 50.1% · Coalition 49.9% TPP (2025)4.4 km away
  • NewportLabor 45.6% · Coalition 54.4% TPP (2025)4.4 km away
  • AvalonLabor 50.4% · Coalition 49.6% TPP (2025)4.6 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
10/10
IRSD decile (2021)
10/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

More in Northern Beaches Council

Other suburbs in the same local government area.

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of New South Wales.