Surat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 426 people in Surat of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Surat was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Surat aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Surat was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Surat, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Surat was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Surat 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 10.6% in secondary school and 5.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Surat were Australian 37.0%, English 22.6%, Scottish 10.5%, Irish 7.0% and German 5.8%.

In Surat, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Thailand 0.9%, England 0.7% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Surat, 91.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Surat were Anglican 30.0%, Catholic 22.9%, No Religion 12.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.3% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Surat 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 193 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Surat. Of these 69.4% were employed full time, 20.2% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Surat, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Surat was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Surat included Labourers 22.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Professionals 10.8%, Managers 8.1% and Sales Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Surat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 17.3%, School Education 9.2%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.6%, Hospitals 5.9% and Road Freight Transport 5.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Surat was $534.

In Surat, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.6%, Walked only 14.1%, Truck 9.2%, Car, as passenger 4.9% and Bicycle 2.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Surat, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.8% provided care for children and 6.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 Surat, 18.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Surat, 34.3% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Surat 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Surat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,791.

Employment status of couple families

In Surat, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Surat, 79.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surat, 94.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Surat, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surat, 40.2% were owned outright, 20.7% were owned with a mortgage and 32.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Surat, of all households, 63.4% were family households, 34.1% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Surat, 37.2% 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 Surat, 23.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Surat, there were 47 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 59.6%) were male and 19 (or 40.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Surat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $919.

In Surat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $95 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $934.