Little Bay vs Matraville

In both, most households own their home. In Little Bay, most homes are flats or apartments. In Matraville, about half of households are couple families. Matraville is closer to the city centre: 14.1 km, against 17.2 km. On these figures, Little Bay tends to suit people living alone.

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

Matraville

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (12 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (12 vs 7)
  • But Little Bay carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 62/100)

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

First-home buyers

Matraville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper units ($883,000 vs $1,450,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Matraville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($480/wk vs $590/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Matraville

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (21 min vs 27 min)
  • is more walkable (87/100 vs 70/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (14.1 km vs 17.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Little Bay has more units and townhouses to downsize into (71% vs 52%)
  • Matraville has more GPs (4 vs 1)

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

Investors

Little Bay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (7.6% vs 1.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Little Bay Matraville
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.

Little Bay Matraville
Walkability 70 / 87
Little Bay — Walkability: 70/100 Matraville — Walkability: 87/100
Safety 52 / 38
Little Bay — Safety: 52/100 Matraville — Safety: 38/100
Low fire risk 55 / 100
Little Bay — Low fire risk: 55/100 Matraville — Low fire risk: 100/100

Demographics

Matraville has more residents (9,925 vs 4,817); Little Bay rents higher ($590/wk vs $480/wk).

Little Bay Matraville
Population 4,817 9,925
+106% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +7.6% +1.2%
Median age 42
same for both
Median household income $122,928/yr
+12% vs other
 $107,900/yr
Median weekly rent $590/wk
+19% vs other
 $480/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Little Bay Matraville
0-4 6.1% / 5.3%
Little Bay — 0-4: 6.1% Matraville — 0-4: 5.3%
5-14 10.9% / 13.0%
Little Bay — 5-14: 10.9% Matraville — 5-14: 13.0%
15-19 4.0% / 6.1%
Little Bay — 15-19: 4.0% Matraville — 15-19: 6.1%
20-24 3.7% / 5.6%
Little Bay — 20-24: 3.7% Matraville — 20-24: 5.6%
25-34 12.7% / 10.6%
Little Bay — 25-34: 12.7% Matraville — 25-34: 10.6%
35-44 16.3% / 13.2%
Little Bay — 35-44: 16.3% Matraville — 35-44: 13.2%
45-54 13.5% / 14.7%
Little Bay — 45-54: 13.5% Matraville — 45-54: 14.7%
55-64 11.0% / 13.0%
Little Bay — 55-64: 11.0% Matraville — 55-64: 13.0%
65-74 10.3% / 10.0%
Little Bay — 65-74: 10.3% Matraville — 65-74: 10.0%
75-84 7.9% / 6.2%
Little Bay — 75-84: 7.9% Matraville — 75-84: 6.2%
85+ 3.7% / 2.3%
Little Bay — 85+: 3.7% Matraville — 85+: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Little Bay 44.9% couple families
Little Bay — Couple Families: 44.9% Little Bay — Lone Person: 40.1% Little Bay — One Parent Families: 10.7% Little Bay — Group Household: 3.4% Little Bay — Other Families: 1.0%
Matraville 48.3% couple families
Matraville — Couple Families: 48.3% Matraville — Lone Person: 28.3% Matraville — One Parent Families: 17.8% Matraville — Group Household: 4.0% Matraville — Other Families: 1.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Little Bay 41.7% renting
Little Bay — Owned Outright: 29.0% Little Bay — Mortgage: 29.2% Little Bay — Renting: 41.7%
Matraville 35.6% renting
Matraville — Owned Outright: 32.5% Matraville — Mortgage: 31.8% Matraville — Renting: 35.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Little Bay Matraville
Bachelor Degree 19.2% / 14.7%
Little Bay — Bachelor Degree: 19.2% Matraville — Bachelor Degree: 14.7%
Certificate III & IV 10.3% / 11.3%
Little Bay — Certificate III & IV: 10.3% Matraville — Certificate III & IV: 11.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.8% / 7.7%
Little Bay — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.8% Matraville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7%
Postgraduate Degree 9.4% / 5.7%
Little Bay — Postgraduate Degree: 9.4% Matraville — Postgraduate Degree: 5.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.0% / 1.4%
Little Bay — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0% Matraville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.2%).

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.

Little Bay Matraville
England 5.1% / 3.5%
Little Bay — England: 5.1% Matraville — England: 3.5%
China 3.2% / 2.5%
Little Bay — China: 3.2% Matraville — China: 2.5%
New Zealand 2.3% / 2.0%
Little Bay — New Zealand: 2.3% Matraville — New Zealand: 2.0%
Ireland 2.3% / 1.6%
Little Bay — Ireland: 2.3% Matraville — Ireland: 1.6%
South Africa 1.3% / 1.1%
Little Bay — South Africa: 1.3% Matraville — South Africa: 1.1%
Indonesia — / 1.8%
Little Bay — Indonesia: not among its largest Matraville — Indonesia: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.1%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Little Bay 55.6% flats / apartments
Little Bay — Flats / Apartments: 55.6% Little Bay — Houses: 28.9% Little Bay — Townhouses: 15.5%
Matraville 21.6% flats / apartments
Matraville — Flats / Apartments: 21.6% Matraville — Houses: 47.6% Matraville — Townhouses: 30.8%
Flats / Apartments Houses Townhouses

Property market

Little Bay Matraville
Median house price $2,850,000 $2,740,000
Median unit price $1,450,000 $883,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 28 days
from 17 sales
 27 days
from 53 sales

Unit price by bedroom count

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

Little Bay Matraville
1 bed $897K / $695K
Little Bay — 1 bed: $897K (18 sales) Matraville — 1 bed: $695K (6 sales)

18 vs 6 sales

2 bed $1.48M / $905K
Little Bay — 2 bed: $1.48M (21 sales) Matraville — 2 bed: $905K (26 sales)

21 vs 26 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.

Little Bay Matraville
3 bed $2.33M / $2.31M
Little Bay — 3 bed: $2.33M (5 sales) Matraville — 3 bed: $2.31M (26 sales)

5 vs 26 sales

4 bed $2.8M / $2.66M
Little Bay — 4 bed: $2.8M (13 sales) Matraville — 4 bed: $2.66M (56 sales)

13 vs 56 sales

5 bed $3.08M / $3.21M
Little Bay — 5 bed: $3.08M (9 sales) Matraville — 5 bed: $3.21M (20 sales)

9 vs 20 sales

Zoning mix

Matraville has more industrially zoned land (21% vs 0%); Little Bay has more land zoned for conservation (17% vs 1%).

Little Bay Matraville
Residential 35% 45%
Parks and recreation 43% 5%
Infrastructure and transport 5% 26%
Industrial 0% 21%
Environmental 17% 1%
Commercial 0% 2%
Rural and farming 0% 1%
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

Little Bay Matraville
New dwellings approved 455
across Randwick
same for both
Approvals change year on year -26%
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.

Little Bay Matraville
Houses — 3.8%
$1,600/wk on $2.2M
Units — 4.9%
$770/wk on $812K

Ranking within NSW

Little Bay Matraville
House price Higher than 91% of NSW
same for both
Income Higher than 85% of NSW Higher than 74% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 88% of NSW Higher than 95% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 14% of NSW Higher than 9% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 91% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 92% of NSW Higher than 93% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 62% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 63% of NSW

Liveability

Matraville is more walkable (87 vs 70); Matraville scores higher overall (75 vs 68).

Little Bay Matraville
Grade B A
Score 68/100 75/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Little Bay carries more bushfire risk (45 vs 0); Matraville carries more crime risk (62 vs 48).

Little Bay Matraville
Bushfire Moderate
45/100
 None
0/100
Crime Moderate
48/100
 Moderate
62/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 22
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Little Bay Matraville
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
The University of New South Wales, 8.1 km
 3
The University of New South Wales, 5.6 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 1.9% 2.7%

Schools in Little Bay

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

Schools in Matraville

  • Matraville Soldiers Settlement Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Matraville Catholic · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Little Bay Matraville
Supermarkets 1
same for both
Cafes & restaurants 1 5
Parks & reserves 7 12
Childcare 1 12
GPs 1 4
Pharmacies 1 3
Fuel stations 0 3

Mobility

Little Bay sits further from the CBD (17.2 km vs 14.1 km).

Little Bay Matraville
Walkability score 70/100 87/100
Distance to Sydney 17.2 km
+18% vs other
 14.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 27 min 21 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 105.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 356.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.6%
postcode 2036
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 19
postcode 2036
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.

Little Bay Matraville
Car (driver) 43.7% / 47.8%
Little Bay — Car (driver): 43.7% Matraville — Car (driver): 47.8%
Worked from Home 48.5% / 40.2%
Little Bay — Worked from Home: 48.5% Matraville — Worked from Home: 40.2%
Car (passenger) 2.3% / 4.4%
Little Bay — Car (passenger): 2.3% Matraville — Car (passenger): 4.4%
Bus 2.3% / 4.3%
Little Bay — Bus: 2.3% Matraville — Bus: 4.3%
Walked Only 1.7% / 2.4%
Little Bay — Walked Only: 1.7% Matraville — Walked Only: 2.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (48.5%).

Setting

Little Bay Matraville
Elevation 36 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 12 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 611 m
1.6 km to a named beach
 1.6 km
1.8 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Little Bay Matraville
Connectivity score 85/100 86/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the curb
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 33%
1,169 premises
 38%
4,526 premises

Climate

Little Bay Matraville
Annual rainfall 1,129 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 27.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 9.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Little Bay Matraville
PM2.5 6.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 16.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.64 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Little Bay Matraville
Average residential rate $1,641/yr
same for both
Council Randwick
same for both

Federal electorate

Little Bay Matraville
Division Kingsford Smith
same for both
Member Matt Thistlethwaite
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Little Bay Matraville
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Little Bay

Apartments Coastal Middle-Ring Parks Premium Professionals

Matraville

Coastal Middle-Ring Parks Premium Townhouses

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