Australian Demographic Profile
Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), QLD 4551
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~871
Median age
47
Median income
Mid-high
$800-$999/wk
Top profile
Retired
28%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired28%
- Established partnered households22%
- High-earning professionals19%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~871
- Sex split
- F 53% / M 48%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 36%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)17%
- Young adults (15-24)9.6%
- Early career (25-39)17%
- Mid career (40-59)29%
- Senior (60+)28%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld): Mid-high ($800-$999/wk).
- No / not stated29%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)16%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)35%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)14%
- Very high ($3k+)5.9%
Top occupations
- Professionals34%
- Managers15%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers14%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to QLD and Australia
| Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) | QLD avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 36% | 15% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →