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Shallow Bay NSW 2428

61 addresses · 4 streets

Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Shallow Bay · 215 km from Sydney

Living Here

Shallow Bay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 68 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,166 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

68Population
50Median age
$1,166Median household income / wk
$350Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Forster-Tuncurry Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Shallow Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, 6.8 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs4/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 75.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Shallow Bay

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Shallow Bay NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202075.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202163.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.3% · Labour-force participation 31.7%

Population by age in Shallow Bay
Population by age, Shallow Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-147
15-194
20-244
25-345
35-444
45-5412
55-6412
65-7410
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Shallow Bay
Dwelling types, Shallow Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House21
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Shallow Bay
Households by weekly income, Shallow Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6508
$650-1,4997
$1,500-2,9993
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Shallow Bay
Top ancestries, Shallow Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian28
English18
Ancestry NS16
Italian10
Scottish8
Dutch7
Housing tenure in Shallow Bay
Housing tenure, Shallow Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned13
Mortgage8
Rented4
Other0
Cars per household in Shallow Bay
Cars per household, Shallow Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
212
30
4+7
Commute to work in Shallow Bay
Commute to work, Shallow Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car9
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home7
Top countries of birth in Shallow Bay
Top countries of birth, Shallow Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Netherlands4
England3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,406 bird observations recorded near Shallow Bay — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Shallow Bay

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.