Shellharbour - Flinders

NSW

Shellharbour - Flinders is a growing region in NSW with 20,964 residents.

SA2 code: 107031141
State: NSW

Population

20,964

Estimated 2025

5-Year Growth

+9.7%

3yr: +5.7% · 10yr: +26.0%

5-year growth

Median Rent

$510/wk

Census 2021

Median Income

$2,127/wk

Household, Census 2021

Population over time — Shellharbour - Flinders (SA2)

Source: ABS ERP (latest release · 2025) · Census 2021. Numbers refreshed quarterly.

Growth at a Glance

3yr: +5.7%5yr: +9.7%10yr: +26.0%Total: +157.4%

Population grew from 8,143 to 20,964 over 24 years, averaging 4.0% per year.

Demand & supply signals

Derived signals haven't been computed for this region yet.

Roadmap signals

Two more derived metrics are defined in the platform and waiting on upstream-data orchestration. Each will populate here once its source series is wired through.

Affordability trend

Coming soon

RPPI year-on-year divided by WPI year-on-year. Above 1.0 means home prices are outpacing wages; below 1.0 means wages are catching up.

Awaiting: ABS RPPI (6432.0) + WPI (6345.0) GCCSA-grain orchestration.

Rent–price momentum spread

Coming soon

CPI rents year-on-year minus RPPI year-on-year. Positive means rents are gaining on prices; negative means prices are running ahead of rents.

Awaiting: ABS CPI rents component + RPPI orchestration.

Profile

Census snapshot

ABS · 2021

Housing

Public housing 2.6%

Almost entirely detached houses (78.4%), owner-occupied (73.7%), built for families (47% are 4 bed).

Dwelling mix

Houses 78.4%

Townhouses 16.3%

5,125 houses1,065 townhouses343 apartments

Tenure

Owned 34.1%

Mortgage 39.6%

Renting 23.8%

Owned 34.1%Mortgage 39.6%Renting 23.8%Other / NS 2.6%

Number of bedrooms

1 bed

131 (2.0%)

2 bed

549 (8.4%)

3 bed

2,100 (32.2%)

4 bed

3,055 (46.8%)

5 bed

610 (9.3%)

6+ bed

82 (1.3%)