Shoal Bay (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,838 people in Shoal Bay (NSW) of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Shoal Bay (NSW) was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 38.9% of the population.

Of people in Shoal Bay (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 42.3% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shoal Bay (NSW) was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Shoal Bay (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shoal Bay (NSW) was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Shoal Bay (NSW) 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.7% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shoal Bay (NSW) were English 30.2%, Australian 26.0%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.3%.

In Shoal Bay (NSW), 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.9%, Nepal 1.7%, Germany 0.9% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Shoal Bay (NSW), 68.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shoal Bay (NSW) were Anglican 26.6%, Catholic 19.8%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Shoal Bay (NSW) 78.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Nepali 1.6%, Italian 1.0%, German 0.5%, Greek 0.4% and Hindi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 573 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shoal Bay (NSW). Of these 42.6% were employed full time, 41.7% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shoal Bay (NSW), 16.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shoal Bay (NSW) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Shoal Bay (NSW) included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Professionals 15.0%, Labourers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Managers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Shoal Bay (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 10.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, Residential Care Services 4.9%, School Education 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shoal Bay (NSW) was $422.

In Shoal Bay (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 5.5%, Bus 2.8% and Car as driver, other 0.8%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shoal Bay (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.5% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Shoal Bay (NSW), 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shoal Bay (NSW), 29.6% were couple families with children, 50.7% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Shoal Bay (NSW) 22.1% of single parents were male and 77.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shoal Bay (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,446 and those without children was $1,805.

Employment status of couple families

In Shoal Bay (NSW), of couple families with children, 9.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 16.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shoal Bay (NSW), 60.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shoal Bay (NSW), 74.0% were separate houses, 12.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Shoal Bay (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 36.5% had 2 bedrooms and 36.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shoal Bay (NSW), 34.7% were owned outright, 15.7% were owned with a mortgage and 37.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Shoal Bay (NSW), of all households, 54.4% were family households, 42.3% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Shoal Bay (NSW), 44.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Shoal Bay (NSW), 50.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shoal Bay (NSW), there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 43.8%) were male and 18 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Shoal Bay (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $675.

In Shoal Bay (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,730.