Company Bay is a semi-residential suburb of
Dunedin
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,
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, located on the
Otago Peninsula
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between
Macandrew Bay and
Broad Bay.
Access to surrounding suburbs and the centre of the city is via Portobello Road, which skirts the edge of Otago Harbour. A smaller, winding road ascends from the bay, linking with the peninsula's ridge road (Highcliff Road) close to
Larnach Castle at
Pukehiki.
Geography
The suburb of Company Bay extends north-east from
Macandrew Bay, an indentation along the Otago Harbour. The suburb encompasses the Bay and surrounding areas - from mission cove, extending into the hills and around to grassy point. Company Bay is a 20-minute drive from Dunedin city centre.
Demographics
Company Bay covers ,
and is part of the larger
Macandrew Bay-Company Bay statistical area.
It had a population of 375 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 45 people (13.6%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 105 people (38.9%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 141 households. There were 198 males and 180 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.1 males per female, with 78 people (20.8%) aged under 15 years, 39 (10.4%) aged 15 to 29, 204 (54.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 57 (15.2%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 92.8% European/Pākehā, 5.6% Māori, 1.6% Pacific peoples, 4.8% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 54.4% had no religion, 37.6% were Christian and 0.8% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 108 (36.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 27 (9.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 156 (52.5%) people were employed full-time, 60 (20.2%) were part-time, and 6 (2.0%) were unemployed.
References
{{Dunedin suburbs
Suburbs of Dunedin