2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ocean Shores · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ocean Shores
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Ocean Shores are couples with children, making them the most common household type. While family structures vary, there has been a notable increase in the number of one-parent families and people living alone over the last decade.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Ocean Shores — higher than 57% of areas.
| Ocean Shores | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2483, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.4% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011. The typical home now holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
27.4% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ocean Shores, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.1% of the total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This represents a significant increase from 2011, when only 13.3% of families were headed by a single parent.
21.1% ▲ +58.8%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ocean Shores, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Ocean Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115115/ocean-shores/topic/family-households