Ocean Shores

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,870 people in Ocean Shores of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Ocean Shores was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in Ocean Shores aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 18.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ocean Shores was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Ocean Shores, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ocean Shores was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Ocean Shores 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ocean Shores were Australian 29.5%, English 29.3%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 8.0% and German 4.0%.

In Ocean Shores, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 2.0%, Germany 1.1%, Israel 0.8% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Ocean Shores, 63.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ocean Shores were No Religion 36.0%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 15.6%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Buddhism 2.6%.

In Ocean Shores 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Hebrew 1.0%, Italian 0.7%, French 0.6% and Portuguese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,278 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ocean Shores. Of these 43.5% were employed full time, 41.0% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ocean Shores, 15.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ocean Shores was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Ocean Shores included Professionals 21.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Managers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Ocean Shores, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Hospitals 3.5% and Building Completion Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ocean Shores was $480.

In Ocean Shores, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 1.3%, Walked only 1.2% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ocean Shores, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.9% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.7% 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 Ocean Shores, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ocean Shores, 38.8% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 23.5% were one parent families.

In Ocean Shores 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ocean Shores, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,640 and those without children was $1,594.

Employment status of couple families

In Ocean Shores, of couple families with children, 12.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ocean Shores, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ocean Shores, 87.2% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Ocean Shores, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 57.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ocean Shores, 34.1% were owned outright, 35.0% were owned with a mortgage and 28.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Ocean Shores, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Ocean Shores, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Ocean Shores, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ocean Shores, there were 144 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 66 (or 45.8%) were male and 78 (or 54.2%) 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 Ocean Shores, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $929.

In Ocean Shores, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,907.