 It is primarily a residential area but does have a community centre, restaurant and café.Murrays Bay is regularly serviced by buses which go to Takapuna and Auckland City.Murrays Bay, comprising the statistical areas of Murrays Bay West and Murrays Bay East, had a population of 4,764 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 60 people (1.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 183 people (4.0%) since the 2006 census.