Shays Flat, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Around the national middle
Shays Flat is more socio-economically advantaged than about 47% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 982, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Shays Flat at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3
- Median age
- 68
- Median weekly household income
- $575
- SEIFA score
- 982
- Coordinates
- -37.0652, 143.0742
Shays Flat demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Shays Flat using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, 0% of homes are rented and 0% of residents were born overseas.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 3 | 100% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 0 | 0% |
| Rented | 0 | 0% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 3 occupied private dwellings in Shays Flat.
- Average household size
- 1.7 people
- Median weekly family income
- $824
- Median weekly personal income
- $537
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 0 (0%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 0 (0%)
- Labour-force participation
- 60%
- Employed full-time
- 4
- Employed part-time
- 0
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Shays Flat
Where is Shays Flat?
Shays Flat is a suburb of Victoria, Australia.
What is the population of Shays Flat?
At the 2021 Census, Shays Flat had a population of about 3.
Is Shays Flat an advantaged area?
Shays Flat has an ABS SEIFA score of 982, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 47 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 47% of Australian suburbs.
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