Shellharbour City Centre

4.2% of Shellharbour City Centre's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

99 family households lived in Shellharbour City Centre; 14.1% were couple families and 6.1% were one-parent families.

12.1% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Shellharbour City Centre had 457 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

70.9% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 27.1% of occupied private dwellings in Shellharbour City Centre.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 28.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 44.8% of occupied private dwellings.

30.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

21.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

48.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Shellharbour City Centre had 1.6 people.

One-person households made up 52.1% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 41.8%, while 4.2% had four or more usual residents.

28.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

44.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.2% walked or cycled.

16.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 63.2% of the total.

20.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

28.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 71.8% reported a different address.

30.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

68.7% of residents used only English at home.

15.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

30.4% of Shellharbour City Centre's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.2% of ancestry responses in Shellharbour City Centre.

Australian ancestry made up 23.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 6.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 27.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

16.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 6.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

30.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 24.5% arthritis and 9.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.2%.

Median household income was $949 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,798.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 28.0% in Shellharbour City Centre, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 30.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 48.6% in Shellharbour City Centre, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.