IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,111
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within New South WalesDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the New South Wales economy.
Housing
Lovett Bay
New South Wales · Census 2021
$4.08Mmedian house · Dec 2025
Lovett Bay is a coastal suburb of Northern Beaches.
Median house price
$4.08M98th pctile
of 2,365 priced NSW suburbs
Household income
$2,437/wk88th pctile
of 4,352 NSW suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Median of New South Wales suburb medians: $1.0M.
How it compares
Median house price98th percentile
<$160k2,365 priced suburbs$5.5M+
Household income / wk88th percentile
<$564ABS Census 2021$3,833+
Median house price+174% vs Greater Sydney · +394% vs Rest of NSW
SydneyRest of state
Greater Sydney $1.49M · Rest of NSW $825kLovett Bay $4.08M
Percentiles rank this suburb against New South Wales suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in New South Wales and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
117
Median age
59 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,149
Household income / wk
$2,437
▲ 54% vs NSW
Median rent / wk
$500
Mortgage / month
$3,696
Who lives here
- Unemployment
- 11%
- +6 pts vs NSW
- In the labour force
- 56%
- −2 pts vs NSW
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 57%
- +30 pts vs NSW
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 19%
- −4 pts vs NSW
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 20%
- +6 pts vs NSW
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. NSW figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
44 occupied private dwellings
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,095
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within New South WalesDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,065
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within New South WalesDecile 7 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,143
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within New South WalesDecile 10 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
68 m
range 10–99 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. No flood map lodged in the NSW planning instruments for most of this suburb; most councils keep theirs in a development control plan. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Conservation87%
- Open space & recreation11%
- Waterways1.5%
In a heritage area
0%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Listed heritage places
0
items in the LEP heritage schedule
Planning instrument: Pittwater Local Environmental Plan 2014. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Listed-place counts follow each state's own list, so they do not compare across states. Source: NSW EPI Land Zoning; NSW EPI Heritage.
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 63%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 63%
- Born overseas
- 29%
- English only at home
- 96%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 4.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Northern Beaches
- Population
- 272,656 (2025) · +0.5% in a year
- Area / density
- 254 km² · 1,073/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 41 · $2,592/wk household income · $625/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $2.6M
- Federal grants
- $10.08M in 2025-26 · $37/resident
- Website
- northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Mackellar
- Federal MP
- Sophie Scamps (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 54% 2PP
- State electorate
- Pittwater
- State MP
- Jacqui Scruby (IND)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across NSW.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); New South Wales Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); NSW Environmental Planning Instrument — Flood, NSW Department of Planning (CC BY 4.0); NSW Bush Fire Prone Land, NSW Rural Fire Service (CC BY 4.0); NSW Environmental Planning Instrument — Land Zoning, NSW Department of Planning (CC BY); NSW Environmental Planning Instrument — Heritage, NSW Department of Planning (CC BY); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.