Ocean Shores

16.9% of Ocean Shores's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,495 family households lived in Ocean Shores; 36.5% were couple families and 23.1% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Ocean Shores had 5,777 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 83.6% of occupied private dwellings in Ocean Shores.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.8% of occupied private dwellings.

38.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

34.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Ocean Shores had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 25.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

21.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

55.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 35.1% of the total.

62.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.7% reported a different address.

19.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

82.9% of residents used only English at home.

9.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

19.4% of Ocean Shores's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.7% of ancestry responses in Ocean Shores.

Australian ancestry made up 32.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

25.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

22.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.3%.

Median household income was $1,471 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,893.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $508 per week.

Working from home was 21.4% in Ocean Shores, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 27.1% in Ocean Shores, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.