Bateau Bay Description

Bateau Bay is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales. "Bateau" is French for "boat." The suburb was previously known as Boat Harbour, it was changed to the French version as a marketing activity in the 1970s.

Bateau Bay is about 6 km south of the town of The Entrance and 17 km northeast of Gosford's central business district. Bateau Bay Beach provides access to Crackneck Point, which is a popular local surfing spot. Crackneck Point Lookout (about 100 metres above sea level).

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 12,146 people in Bateau Bay.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

• 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3% and New Zealand 1.4%.

• 91.1% of people only spoke English at home.

• The most common responses for religion were Catholic 27.8%, No Religion 26.1% and Anglican 23.6%

The suburb is bisected by the Central Coast Highway (formerly The Entrance Road), a main Central Coast arterial route. There is no differentiation on either side of The Entrance Road, both areas contain housing stock built in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.

For more recent profile information - go to Profile Id for the Central Coast --> at the bottom of the page under Suburb, click "Bateau Bay"