Surf Coast (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 25,870 people in Surf Coast (S) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Surf Coast (S) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Surf Coast (S) aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Surf Coast (S) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Surf Coast (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Surf Coast (S) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Surf Coast (S) 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Surf Coast (S) were English 30.5%, Australian 29.7%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 9.2% and German 3.4%.

In Surf Coast (S), 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Surf Coast (S), 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Surf Coast (S) were No Religion 32.3%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Surf Coast (S) 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, German 0.4%, Greek 0.2%, French 0.2% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 12,986 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Surf Coast (S). Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Surf Coast (S), 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Surf Coast (S) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Surf Coast (S) included Professionals 24.3%, Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Surf Coast (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Hospitals 4.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.8% and Accommodation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Surf Coast (S) was $602.

In Surf Coast (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Walked only 3.3%, Truck 0.9% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Surf Coast (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Surf Coast (S), 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Surf Coast (S), 47.7% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Surf Coast (S) 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Surf Coast (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,187 and those without children was $1,995.

Employment status of couple families

In Surf Coast (S), of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Surf Coast (S), 56.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surf Coast (S), 90.2% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Surf Coast (S), of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 50.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surf Coast (S), 37.7% were owned outright, 37.4% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Surf Coast (S), of all households, 75.6% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Surf Coast (S), 20.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Surf Coast (S), 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Surf Coast (S), there were 144 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 60 (or 41.7%) were male and 84 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Surf Coast (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,261.

In Surf Coast (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.