Shell Cove

20.6% of Shell Cove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

2,173 family households lived in Shell Cove; 54.2% were couple families and 9.3% were one-parent families.

39.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Shell Cove had 7,591 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.4% of occupied private dwellings in Shell Cove.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.2% of occupied private dwellings.

36.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

43.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Shell Cove had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 11.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 38.1% had four or more usual residents.

28.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

50.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

0.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 24.5% of the total.

74.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.5% reported a different address.

17.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

84.0% of residents used only English at home.

11.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

17.4% of Shell Cove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Shell Cove.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

23.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 14.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

61.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.4%.

Median household income was $2,452 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,386.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $600 per week.

Working from home was 28.5% in Shell Cove, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 36.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 20.0% in Shell Cove, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.