Shellharbour

15.1% of Shellharbour's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1,029 family households lived in Shellharbour; 39.7% were couple families and 15.6% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Shellharbour had 3,520 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 68.3% of occupied private dwellings in Shellharbour.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.8% of occupied private dwellings.

38.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

28.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.6% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Shellharbour had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 24.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.0%, while 22.6% had four or more usual residents.

20.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

53.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 34.2% of the total.

59.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.0% reported a different address.

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.0% of Shellharbour's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.1% of ancestry responses in Shellharbour.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

19.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.6%.

Median household income was $1,596 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 20.2% in Shellharbour, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 33.6% in Shellharbour, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.