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QLD 4551 · Sunshine Coast
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), Queensland
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) QLD
Based on 18 sales in the preceding 12 months
$2,500,000
Down 2.0% over 12 months
Based on 15 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$900 per week
Up 12.5% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), QLD is currently $2,500,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) has a 12-month growth rate of -2.0% for houses and 6.7% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,880,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $2,500,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $2,320,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $2,780,000 in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld).
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) is $900 per week. The median house rent has increased 12.5% over the last 12 months.
The median rent for units and apartments in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) is $750 per week and has increased 39.4% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) is 1,296 offences per 100,000 residents — 47% below the Rest of Qld benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld).
Overall crime rate
1,296
offences per 100,000 residents
47% belowRest of Qld
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) QLD 4551 is in Queensland, within Rest of Qld.
925 people call Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) home, with an average of 2.5 people per household and a median household income of $2,026 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
22.3% of workers in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Rest of Qld.
3.8% of Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) residents were born in New Zealand.
44.6% of people in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) QLD 4551.
15.6% of Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.
258 family households lived in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld); 38.4% were couple families and 15.1% were one-parent families.
32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) had 925 residents at the 2021 Census.
18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
38.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 81.4% of occupied private dwellings in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld).
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 14.5% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
47.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.
26.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) had 2.5 people.
One-person households made up 21.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.
Two-person households represented 40.2%, while 23.4% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
22.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.
53.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.
63.3% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
52.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.2% reported a different address.
15.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
91.4% of residents used only English at home.
3.8% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
15.6% of Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.4% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.9%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 49.8% of ancestry responses in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld).
Australian ancestry made up 33.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
32.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.
Managers accounted for 14.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.
Health care and social assistance employed 18.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 61.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.
26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.9% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
60.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.
6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
5.8% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
34.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.3% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.2%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,026 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 22.3% in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.
Outright ownership was 47.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
Renting accounted for 26.8% in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $2,500,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 258 local families, and 15.6% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
2-bedroom houses have a median around $1,880,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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