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Position Ocean Shores within the wider Byron Bay accommodation market. The 2021 Census counted 5,777 residents and 2,377 private dwellings in Ocean Shores. Those figures establish the locality's scale without pretending that resident population measures visitor demand.

The 2021 Census recorded 5,777 residents and 2,377 private dwellings for Ocean Shores. Those figures establish locality scale; they do not measure visitor nights, short-stay inventory, occupancy, prices or booking intent. Keep the official evidence in this source context rather than repeating identifiers or turning resident and dwelling measures into sales claims.

For hosts in Ocean Shores, the commercial opportunity is to own the explanation that marketplace cards compress: who the stay suits, how arrival works, what is included and why booking direct is straightforward. Separate houses represent about 83.4% of occupied private dwellings, making whole-home layout, parking, outdoor areas and family or group suitability useful points of difference. Ocean Shores has a house-led occupied-dwelling profile in the source data. That makes bed layout, vehicle access, outdoor areas and group suitability sensible questions for a host to answer, but it does not prove that any particular rental is a house.

Describe the property as a local base north of central Byron Bay. Use verified travel times and exact neighbourhood references only when a host supplies them; the distance quoted above is measured in a straight line, not by road.

Mullumbimby and Myocum are the two nearest retained Group 2 localities by locality-point distance, about 6.8 km and 11.6 km away respectively. These are orientation values and onward editorial links, not driving estimates or claims that the stays are interchangeable. Byron Bay is the nearest larger market this guide is grouped with; it does not redefine the locality or promise a journey time.

Likely planning contexts include regional touring and stopovers, family or community visits, practical multi-night stays. Treat them as useful hypotheses for page structure and enquiry questions, then test them against the real property's capabilities and the host's own booking evidence.

A strong Ocean Shores page should finish with one calm next step: check dates, ask a property-specific question or start a direct enquiry. Keep price, availability, payment and cancellation information consistent with the live booking system. Do not use unsupported savings, ranking or occupancy promises. The aim is a credible owned channel that complements current listings and gives the host control of the guest relationship.

Of 2,208 occupied private dwellings in Ocean Shores, 83.4% are separate houses, 9.4% townhouses and 6.7% flats or apartments.

The commonest home in Ocean Shores is three-bedroom at 51.9% of occupied private dwellings, with 81.2% at three bedrooms or more. The 2021 count recorded 96 one-bedroom, 267 two-bedroom, 1,146 three-bedroom and 542 four-bedroom dwellings, plus 104 with five bedrooms or more. That puts Ocean Shores close to the Byron Bay area median of 74.5% for three-bedroom-plus stock.

Ocean Shores is a two-car locality: 62.4% of occupied dwellings kept two or more motor vehicles in 2021. The split was 761 dwellings with one vehicle, 908 with two and 445 with three or more. Only 2.7% recorded no motor vehicle.

58.5% of work journeys from Ocean Shores were made by car on Census day. 2.1% walked or cycled. 21.4% worked from home, which is a fair proxy for whether the internet here is good enough to sell a stay on.

The commonest household in Ocean Shores is two-person, at 36.5% of households. 25.8% live alone and 20.6% of households hold four people or more. Across 1,495 families, 36.5% were couples with children, 39.3% couples without and 23.1% one-parent families.

The median age in Ocean Shores was 43 at the 2021 Census, in line with the Byron Bay area median of 46. Households averaged 2.4 people and 0.8 persons per bedroom. Median rent was $508 a week, well above the $360 median across the Byron Bay localities DirectStay covers. Median mortgage repayments were $1,893 a month. Median household income ran to $1,471 a week, against $711 for an individual.

Tenure in Ocean Shores split 36.8% owned outright, 33.5% mortgaged and 26.1% rented in 2021. That is 577 rented dwellings in the locality count.

Every figure above describes the resident population of Ocean Shores at the 2021 Census. None of it describes visitors, nightly rates, occupancy or short-stay supply, and it must not be presented as if it did. Its use is to set expectations a host can then confirm from the property itself: the real bedroom count and bed layout, how many vehicles the space genuinely takes and whether that space is on-title or on-street, the actual route to the door, and the house rules a street of this kind will expect around noise and turnover.

Sources: ABS 2021 Census DataPacks (SAL13081 locality evidence) and ABS ASGS geography data services and ABS 2021 Census DataPacks, Suburbs and Localities tables G02 medians and averages, G29 family composition, G34 motor vehicles, G35 household composition, G36 dwelling structure, G37 tenure, G41 bedrooms and G62 travel to work. Census figures provide locality context only and do not measure short-stay demand.