Sawyers Bay is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Dunedin, one of 97 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Sawyers Bay is the 30th largest suburb of Dunedin in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Sawyers Bay provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1880 - 1889. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1970 - 1979. Residential housing stock in Sawyers Bay is made up of approximately 86% residential housing , 2% residential investment housing and 11% lifestyle properties.