Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld)

15.6% of Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

258 family households lived in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld); 38.4% were couple families and 15.1% were one-parent families.

32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) had 925 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 81.4% of occupied private dwellings in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.5% of occupied private dwellings.

47.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 21.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 40.2%, while 23.4% had four or more usual residents.

22.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

53.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

63.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.2% reported a different address.

15.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.6% of Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.8% of ancestry responses in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld).

Australian ancestry made up 33.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

32.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 14.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.8% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.2%.

Median household income was $2,026 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 22.3% in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.8% in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.