Chittaway Bay, New South Wales
Suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
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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.
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| Coordinates: 33°19′55″S 151°27′04″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Central Coast | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 1,987 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2261 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Tuggerah | ||||||||||||
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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]
