Shelly Beach (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,266 people in Shelly Beach (NSW) of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Shelly Beach (NSW) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.0% of the population.

Of people in Shelly Beach (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shelly Beach (NSW) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Shelly Beach (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shelly Beach (NSW) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Shelly Beach (NSW) 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shelly Beach (NSW) were English 34.1%, Australian 32.4%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 7.3% and German 2.6%.

In Shelly Beach (NSW), 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.5%, Netherlands 0.8%, India 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Shelly Beach (NSW), 76.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shelly Beach (NSW) were Catholic 33.1%, Anglican 27.2%, No Religion 13.5%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Shelly Beach (NSW) 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.8%, Dutch 0.6%, Punjabi 0.5%, Italian 0.3% and Finnish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 591 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shelly Beach (NSW). Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 8.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shelly Beach (NSW), 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shelly Beach (NSW) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Shelly Beach (NSW) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.5%, Professionals 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Managers 10.9%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Shelly Beach (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shelly Beach (NSW) was $486.

In Shelly Beach (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 2.2%, Train, car as driver 1.7% and Train 1.1%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shelly Beach (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Shelly Beach (NSW), 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shelly Beach (NSW), 41.1% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Shelly Beach (NSW) 22.5% of single parents were male and 77.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shelly Beach (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,154 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Shelly Beach (NSW), of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.3% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shelly Beach (NSW), 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shelly Beach (NSW), 84.5% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Shelly Beach (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shelly Beach (NSW), 47.3% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Shelly Beach (NSW), of all households, 73.0% were family households, 23.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Shelly Beach (NSW), 27.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Shelly Beach (NSW), 40.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shelly Beach (NSW), there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 52.2%) were male and 22 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Shelly Beach (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $625.

In Shelly Beach (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.