Shoalhaven Heads

14.5% of Shoalhaven Heads's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

907 family households lived in Shoalhaven Heads; 27.6% were couple families and 13.0% were one-parent families.

27.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Shoalhaven Heads had 3,248 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 67.2% of occupied private dwellings in Shoalhaven Heads.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

56.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

24.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Shoalhaven Heads had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 40.4%, while 14.3% had four or more usual residents.

14.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

63.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 46.8% of the total.

48.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.3% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

91.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.3% of Shoalhaven Heads's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Shoalhaven Heads.

Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

22.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

22.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 17.1% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.6%.

Median household income was $1,066 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $365 per week.

Working from home was 14.2% in Shoalhaven Heads, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 56.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 18.9% in Shoalhaven Heads, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.