Surf Beach (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,043 people in Surf Beach (NSW) of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Surf Beach (NSW) was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.9% of the population.

Of people in Surf Beach (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Surf Beach (NSW) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Surf Beach (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Surf Beach (NSW) was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Surf Beach (NSW) 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.6% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Surf Beach (NSW) were English 30.3%, Australian 26.6%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 8.2% and German 3.0%.

In Surf Beach (NSW), 72.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, Italy 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Surf Beach (NSW), 69.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Surf Beach (NSW) were Anglican 24.9%, Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 17.2%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Surf Beach (NSW) 82.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, Dutch 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, German 0.4% and Finnish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 710 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Surf Beach (NSW). Of these 44.5% were employed full time, 39.6% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Surf Beach (NSW), 17.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Surf Beach (NSW) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Surf Beach (NSW) included Professionals 16.1%, Sales Workers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Managers 11.5%, Labourers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Surf Beach (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Residential Care Services 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Accommodation 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Surf Beach (NSW) was $436.

In Surf Beach (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 1.7%, Truck 0.9% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Surf Beach (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Beach (NSW), 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Surf Beach (NSW), 27.0% were couple families with children, 52.0% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In Surf Beach (NSW) 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Surf Beach (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,536 and those without children was $1,441.

Employment status of couple families

In Surf Beach (NSW), of couple families with children, 9.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Surf Beach (NSW), 68.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surf Beach (NSW), 73.0% were separate houses, 10.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Surf Beach (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surf Beach (NSW), 43.8% were owned outright, 22.3% were owned with a mortgage and 30.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Surf Beach (NSW), of all households, 69.7% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Surf Beach (NSW), 36.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Beach (NSW), 50.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Surf Beach (NSW), there were 77 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 40.3%) were male and 46 (or 59.7%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Beach (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Surf Beach (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,285.