Surrey Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,133 people in Surrey Hills of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Surrey Hills was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Surrey Hills aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Surrey Hills was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Surrey Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Surrey Hills was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Surrey Hills 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 28.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Surrey Hills were English 25.7%, Australian 25.0%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.5% and Chinese 5.3%.

In Surrey Hills, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Malaysia 1.3% and India 1.2%.

In Surrey Hills, 56.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Surrey Hills were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 23.2%, Anglican 14.6%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Surrey Hills 81.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.3%, Greek 2.1%, Cantonese 1.5%, Italian 1.0% and Hindi 0.5%.

Employment

There were 7,118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Surrey Hills. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Surrey Hills, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Surrey Hills was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Surrey Hills included Professionals 38.5%, Managers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%, Labourers 3.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in Surrey Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 4.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.4%, Tertiary Education 3.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Surrey Hills was $778.

In Surrey Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.0%, Train 12.9%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Walked only 2.3% and Tram 2.0%. On the day, 20.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Surrey Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.1% 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 Surrey Hills, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Surrey Hills, 56.7% were couple families with children, 30.9% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Surrey Hills 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Surrey Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,300 and those without children was $2,505.

Employment status of couple families

In Surrey Hills, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Surrey Hills, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surrey Hills, 66.7% were separate houses, 24.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Surrey Hills, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 26.8% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surrey Hills, 41.7% were owned outright, 34.5% were owned with a mortgage and 21.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Surrey Hills, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 22.5% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Surrey Hills, 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.5% 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 Surrey Hills, 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Surrey Hills, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 32.1%) were male and 19 (or 67.9%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Surrey Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Surrey Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $288 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.