Surrey Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,269 people in Surrey Downs of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Surrey Downs was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Surrey Downs aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Surrey Downs was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Surrey Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Surrey Downs was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Surrey Downs 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Surrey Downs were English 35.0%, Australian 28.5%, German 6.7%, Scottish 5.9% and Irish 5.9%.

In Surrey Downs, 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.6%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 0.6%, South Africa 0.6% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Surrey Downs, 55.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Surrey Downs were No Religion 34.4%, Catholic 17.0%, Anglican 13.8%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Lutheran 3.9%.

In Surrey Downs 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Auslan 0.4%, Greek 0.3% and Afrikaans 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,873 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Surrey Downs. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Surrey Downs, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Surrey Downs was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Surrey Downs included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 13.7%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Labourers 10.0%, Managers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Surrey Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.4%, State Government Administration 3.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%, Building Installation Services 2.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Surrey Downs was $627.

In Surrey Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Bus 9.7%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bus, car as driver 1.2% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 11.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Surrey Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Downs, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Surrey Downs, 43.0% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Surrey Downs 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Surrey Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,992 and those without children was $1,942.

Employment status of couple families

In Surrey Downs, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% 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 Surrey Downs, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surrey Downs, 96.0% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Surrey Downs, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 73.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surrey Downs, 27.2% were owned outright, 53.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Surrey Downs, of all households, 77.7% were family households, 20.1% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Surrey Downs, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Downs, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Surrey Downs, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 40.9%) were male and 13 (or 59.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Surrey Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,046.