2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shelly Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shelly Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Shelly Beach are lived in by couples with children, making it a family-focused area. This is a community where the household patterns closely mirror those of New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Shelly Beach — higher than 50% of areas.
| Shelly Beach | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2261, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 25.8% of residents live alone, a rate that is around the middle for similar areas.
25.8% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shelly Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.5% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 8.4%, the share of one-parent homes is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
8.4% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shelly Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Shelly Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13550/shelly-beach/topic/family-households