Shell Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,029 people in Shell Cove of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Shell Cove was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Shell Cove aged 15 years and over, 67.6% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shell Cove was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Shell Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shell Cove was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Shell Cove 34.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.3% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shell Cove were English 28.3%, Australian 27.6%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 5.3% and Macedonian 4.4%.

In Shell Cove, 80.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.6%, New Zealand 1.0%, South Africa 0.9% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Shell Cove, 56.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shell Cove were Catholic 33.9%, Anglican 23.9%, No Religion 15.2%, Eastern Orthodox 7.3% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Shell Cove 85.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 4.0%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.1%, Greek 0.8% and Maltese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,968 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shell Cove. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shell Cove, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shell Cove was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Shell Cove included Professionals 20.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Managers 13.3%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4% and Labourers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Shell Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 7.6%, School Education 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.8% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shell Cove was $632.

In Shell Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 75.1%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 1.1%, Train 0.9% and Walked only 0.7%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shell Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 44.1% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Shell Cove, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shell Cove, 59.0% were couple families with children, 31.9% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Shell Cove 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shell Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,463 and those without children was $2,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Shell Cove, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shell Cove, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shell Cove, 96.5% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shell Cove, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.7% had 2 bedrooms and 16.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shell Cove, 29.8% were owned outright, 52.9% were owned with a mortgage and 15.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Shell Cove, of all households, 92.2% were family households, 7.3% were single person households and 0.5% were group households.

In Shell Cove, 10.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Shell Cove, 23.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shell Cove, there were 47 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 59.6%) were male and 19 (or 40.4%) were female. The median age was 20 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Shell Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Shell Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $433 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,795.