Shoalhaven Heads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,995 people in Shoalhaven Heads of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Shoalhaven Heads was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 32.7% of the population.

Of people in Shoalhaven Heads aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 16.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shoalhaven Heads was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Shoalhaven Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shoalhaven Heads was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Shoalhaven Heads 23.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.1% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shoalhaven Heads were English 34.3%, Australian 32.6%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.2%.

In Shoalhaven Heads, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 1.0%, Germany 0.8% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Shoalhaven Heads, 70.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shoalhaven Heads were Anglican 32.7%, Catholic 21.7%, No Religion 21.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Shoalhaven Heads 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Dutch 0.2% and Croatian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,085 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shoalhaven Heads. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 33.4% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shoalhaven Heads, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shoalhaven Heads was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Shoalhaven Heads included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Professionals 16.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 13.4%, Labourers 10.1%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Shoalhaven Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 4.8%, Accommodation 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5% and Residential Building Construction 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shoalhaven Heads was $412.

In Shoalhaven Heads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.1%, Walked only 3.7%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 1.4% and Bus 0.4%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shoalhaven Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.9% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Shoalhaven Heads, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shoalhaven Heads, 26.3% were couple families with children, 58.9% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Shoalhaven Heads 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shoalhaven Heads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,695.

Employment status of couple families

In Shoalhaven Heads, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 13.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shoalhaven Heads, 83.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shoalhaven Heads, 77.4% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.0% were other dwellings.

In Shoalhaven Heads, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 29.8% had 2 bedrooms and 40.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shoalhaven Heads, 55.7% were owned outright, 20.1% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Shoalhaven Heads, of all households, 62.2% were family households, 35.3% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Shoalhaven Heads, 45.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Shoalhaven Heads, 50.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shoalhaven Heads, there were 81 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 38.3%) were male and 50 (or 61.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Shoalhaven Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Shoalhaven Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $224 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.