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haywards bay
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.16M
+8.4% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Haywards Bay is a coastal suburb of Wollongong.
Median house price
People
Population
1,280
Median age
38 yrs
Income / person / wk
$841
Household income / wk
$2,308
Housing
Median rent / wk
$590
Mortgage / month
$2,383
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Catholic · 31%
- Top language at home
- Spanish · 1%
- No religion
- 30%
- Born overseas
- 18%
- English only at home
- 87%
Local amenities
Amenity score
6/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
4
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
3.1 km
Nearest train
2.2 km
Nearest hospital
4.7 km
Distance to coast
0.5 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
3.5 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Wollongong
- Council population
- 214,498
- Council area
- 684 km²
- Density
- 313/km²
- Federal grants
- $23.41M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $109/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Whitlam
- Federal MP
- Carol Berry (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 56% 2PP
- State electorate
- Shellharbour
- State MP
- Anna Watson (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.