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Batemans Bay Property

A thousand seeds: Batemans Bay’s occupied homes by kind

Batemans Bay property

Batemans Bay is a town on the south coast of New South Wales, on the estuary where the Clyde River flows into the Pacific. It lies in Eurobodalla Shire on the Princes Highway, about 280 kilometres from Sydney.

New South Wales, drawn the same way. The hollow seeds are homes the census counts as other or not stated.

Median weekly rent
$328 a week NSW $420 a week
Median monthly mortgage repayment
$1,517 a month NSW $2,167 a month
Median weekly household income
$1,090 a week NSW $1,829 a week
Median age
53 NSW 39
People in an average household
2.1 NSW 2.6

Living in Batemans Bay

The town sits on the shores of an estuary where the Clyde meets the southern Pacific, in Eurobodalla Shire. It stands on the Princes Highway about 280 kilometres from Sydney and 760 kilometres from Melbourne, with Canberra about 151 kilometres to the west by the Kings Highway. Batemans Bay is the closest seaside town to Canberra, and residents of the national capital come here on holiday. The town lies in the far southern part of the Sydney Basin.

Batemans Bay is also a popular place for retirees to settle, and has begun to attract young families. The town's other industries include forestry, oyster farming, retail services and eco-tourism. The median age of the town in 2021 was 53.

“Batemans Bay is the closest seaside town to Canberra, and residents of the national capital come here on holiday.”

Timeline

  1. 1770James Cook first sighted and named the bay on 22 April.
  2. 1808Bad weather drove the colonial vessel Fly into the bay.
  3. 1821Robert Johnston explored the lower Clyde River in the cutter Snapper.
  4. 1859A village called China Bay was surveyed.
  5. 1870A sawmill was built and there was a fleet of 40 oyster boats.
  6. 1885The port and town were proclaimed.
  7. 1891A ferry began crossing the Clyde.
  8. 1956A bridge opened and the ferry stopped running.
  9. 2016An estimated 120,000 grey-headed flying foxes swarmed the town.
  10. 2019A catastrophic bushfire cut the town off from the roads out.

Questions

What is the postcode for Batemans Bay?

Batemans Bay's postcode is 2536, and the town is in Eurobodalla Shire.

How many people live in Batemans Bay?

At the 2021 count, the town of Batemans Bay had 12,263 people. The median age was 53.

What is the history of Batemans Bay?

The Walbunja, of the Yuin nation, are the traditional custodians of the land around the bay, which they knew as Yangary. James Cook first sighted and named the bay on 22 April 1770. A village was surveyed at China Bay in 1859, and the port and town were proclaimed in 1885.

What is living in Batemans Bay like?

Batemans Bay is the closest seaside town to Canberra, and a popular holiday destination for people from the national capital. It is also a popular place for retirees to settle, and has begun to attract young families. Other work in the area includes forestry, oyster farming, retail services and eco-tourism.

What are the demographics of Batemans Bay?

At the 2021 count, the town of Batemans Bay had a median age of 53. In the urban centre, 8.3 per cent of people identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, against a New South Wales average of 3.4 per cent.