Blue Bay vs The Entrance

In Blue Bay, most households own their home and about half of households are people living alone. In The Entrance, most households rent, about half of homes are flats or apartments, and most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Blue Bay: a median of $1.83 million, against $1.01 million in The Entrance, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, The Entrance tends to suit renters and buyers on a tighter budget.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

The Entrance

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (5 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (4 vs 0)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • But Blue Bay has more separate houses rather than flats (50% vs 26%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

The Entrance

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($1,007,500 vs $1,835,000)
  • has cheaper units ($630,000 vs $1,075,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Blue Bay leaves renters under less rental stress (29% vs 37%)
  • The Entrance has a bigger rental market to choose from (59% vs 38%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

The Entrance

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (74/100 vs 54/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

The Entrance

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (74% vs 50%)
  • is more walkable (74/100 vs 54/100)
  • But Blue Bay carries lower crime risk (59/100 vs 94/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Blue Bay and The Entrance drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Blue Bay The Entrance
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Blue Bay The Entrance
Walkability 54 / 74
Blue Bay — Walkability: 54/100 The Entrance — Walkability: 74/100
Safety 41 / 6
Blue Bay — Safety: 41/100 The Entrance — Safety: 6/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Blue Bay — Low fire risk: 100/100 The Entrance — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

The Entrance has more residents (4,244 vs 1,060); Blue Bay has higher household incomes ($68,796 vs $50,492).

Blue Bay The Entrance
Population 1,060 4,244
+300% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.2% +5.9%
Median age 52 50
Median household income $68,796/yr
+27% vs other
 $50,492/yr
Median weekly rent $380/wk
+5% vs other
 $360/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Blue Bay The Entrance
0-4 3.5% / 3.8%
Blue Bay — 0-4: 3.5% The Entrance — 0-4: 3.8%
5-14 8.0% / 8.1%
Blue Bay — 5-14: 8.0% The Entrance — 5-14: 8.1%
15-19 4.2% / 4.1%
Blue Bay — 15-19: 4.2% The Entrance — 15-19: 4.1%
20-24 5.2% / 4.8%
Blue Bay — 20-24: 5.2% The Entrance — 20-24: 4.8%
25-34 11.1% / 11.3%
Blue Bay — 25-34: 11.1% The Entrance — 25-34: 11.3%
35-44 9.4% / 10.6%
Blue Bay — 35-44: 9.4% The Entrance — 35-44: 10.6%
45-54 12.9% / 12.8%
Blue Bay — 45-54: 12.9% The Entrance — 45-54: 12.8%
55-64 17.5% / 15.2%
Blue Bay — 55-64: 17.5% The Entrance — 55-64: 15.2%
65-74 17.4% / 16.5%
Blue Bay — 65-74: 17.4% The Entrance — 65-74: 16.5%
75-84 7.6% / 9.6%
Blue Bay — 75-84: 7.6% The Entrance — 75-84: 9.6%
85+ 3.9% / 3.2%
Blue Bay — 85+: 3.9% The Entrance — 85+: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Blue Bay 51.9% lone person
Blue Bay — Lone Person: 51.9% Blue Bay — Couple Families: 22.4% Blue Bay — One Parent Families: 19.1% Blue Bay — Group Household: 3.9% Blue Bay — Other Families: 2.7%
The Entrance 58.7% lone person
The Entrance — Lone Person: 58.7% The Entrance — Couple Families: 15.3% The Entrance — One Parent Families: 18.4% The Entrance — Group Household: 5.7% The Entrance — Other Families: 1.9%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Blue Bay 37.9% renting
Blue Bay — Owned Outright: 41.4% Blue Bay — Mortgage: 20.7% Blue Bay — Renting: 37.9%
The Entrance 59.4% renting
The Entrance — Owned Outright: 29.2% The Entrance — Mortgage: 11.4% The Entrance — Renting: 59.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Blue Bay The Entrance
Certificate III & IV 16.9% / 16.0%
Blue Bay — Certificate III & IV: 16.9% The Entrance — Certificate III & IV: 16.0%
Bachelor Degree 10.8% / 7.9%
Blue Bay — Bachelor Degree: 10.8% The Entrance — Bachelor Degree: 7.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.9% / 7.7%
Blue Bay — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9% The Entrance — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7%
Postgraduate Degree 4.4% / 2.5%
Blue Bay — Postgraduate Degree: 4.4% The Entrance — Postgraduate Degree: 2.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 1.1%
Blue Bay — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% The Entrance — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Blue Bay The Entrance
England 2.9% / 2.9%
Blue Bay — England: 2.9% The Entrance — England: 2.9%
New Zealand 0.9% / 1.9%
Blue Bay — New Zealand: 0.9% The Entrance — New Zealand: 1.9%
India — / 2.1%
Blue Bay — India: not among its largest The Entrance — India: 2.1%
Scotland 0.9% / 0.6%
Blue Bay — Scotland: 0.9% The Entrance — Scotland: 0.6%
Philippines — / 1.4%
Blue Bay — Philippines: not among its largest The Entrance — Philippines: 1.4%
Italy 0.7% / 0.6%
Blue Bay — Italy: 0.7% The Entrance — Italy: 0.6%
China — / 0.9%
Blue Bay — China: not among its largest The Entrance — China: 0.9%
Germany 0.6% / —
Blue Bay — Germany: 0.6% The Entrance — Germany: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Blue Bay 50.5% houses
Blue Bay — Houses: 50.5% Blue Bay — Flats / Apartments: 15.5% Blue Bay — Townhouses: 34.0%
The Entrance 26.2% houses
The Entrance — Houses: 26.2% The Entrance — Flats / Apartments: 54.6% The Entrance — Townhouses: 19.2%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Blue Bay The Entrance
Median house price $1,835,000 $1,007,500
Median unit price $1,075,000 $630,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) — 41 days
from 17 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Blue Bay The Entrance
2 bed $1.45M / $850K
Blue Bay — 2 bed: $1.45M (5 sales) The Entrance — 2 bed: $850K (11 sales)

5 vs 11 sales

4 bed $1.89M / $1.2M
Blue Bay — 4 bed: $1.89M (6 sales) The Entrance — 4 bed: $1.2M (11 sales)

6 vs 11 sales

Zoning mix

Blue Bay The Entrance
Residential 85% 64%
Parks and recreation 15% 21%
Commercial 0% 9%
Environmental 0% 3%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Blue Bay The Entrance
New dwellings approved 1,441
across Central Coast (NSW)
same for both
Approvals change year on year +67%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Blue Bay The Entrance
Houses — 3.4%
$650/wk on $982K
Units — 4.9%
$585/wk on $625K

Ranking within NSW

Blue Bay The Entrance
House price Higher than 84% of NSW Higher than 45% of NSW
Income Higher than 32% of NSW —
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 82% of NSW Higher than 90% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 6% of NSW —
EV adoption Higher than 64% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of NSW Higher than 94% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 42% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 61% of NSW

Liveability

Blue Bay scores higher overall (55 vs 38); The Entrance is more walkable (74 vs 54).

Blue Bay The Entrance
Grade B C
Score 55/100 38/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

The Entrance carries more crime risk (94 vs 59).

Blue Bay The Entrance
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
59/100
 High
94/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion Low
35/100
 Moderate
63/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Blue Bay The Entrance
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Blue Bay

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in The Entrance

  • The Entrance Public School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Blue Bay The Entrance
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 17
Parks & reserves 1 5
Childcare 0 4
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 2
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2

Mobility

Blue Bay The Entrance
Walkability score 54/100 74/100
Distance to Sydney 99.1 km 99.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 90 min 91 min
Public transport score 74/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 25.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 148.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 2261
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 33
postcode 2261
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Blue Bay The Entrance
Car (driver) 59.7% / 63.0%
Blue Bay — Car (driver): 59.7% The Entrance — Car (driver): 63.0%
Worked from Home 32.7% / 23.2%
Blue Bay — Worked from Home: 32.7% The Entrance — Worked from Home: 23.2%
Car (passenger) 3.2% / 3.6%
Blue Bay — Car (passenger): 3.2% The Entrance — Car (passenger): 3.6%
Walked Only 2.2% / 4.5%
Blue Bay — Walked Only: 2.2% The Entrance — Walked Only: 4.5%
Bus 0.8% / 4.5%
Blue Bay — Bus: 0.8% The Entrance — Bus: 4.5%
Bicycle 1.4% / 0.3%
Blue Bay — Bicycle: 1.4% The Entrance — Bicycle: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (63.0%).

Setting

Blue Bay The Entrance
Elevation 14 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 19 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 134 m
1.9 km to a named beach
 487 m
2.8 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Blue Bay The Entrance
Connectivity score 99/100 89/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 98%
716 premises
 67%
3,939 premises

Climate

Blue Bay The Entrance
Annual rainfall 1,272 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 10.6°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Blue Bay The Entrance
PM2.5 5.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 14.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.36 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Blue Bay The Entrance
Average residential rate $1,409/yr
same for both
Council Central Coast (NSW)
same for both

Federal electorate

Blue Bay The Entrance
Division Dobell
same for both
Member Emma Mcbride
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Blue Bay The Entrance
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Blue Bay

Coastal Parks Premium Quiet Retirees Townhouses

The Entrance

Affordable Apartments Coastal Parks Retirees

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