Surf Beach (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 694 people in Surf Beach (Vic.) of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Surf Beach (Vic.) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Surf Beach (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Surf Beach (Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Surf Beach (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Surf Beach (Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Surf Beach (Vic.) 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 16.8% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Surf Beach (Vic.) were Australian 31.4%, English 28.5%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.0% and Italian 3.9%.

In Surf Beach (Vic.), 77.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.9%, Netherlands 1.3%, United States of America 1.3% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Surf Beach (Vic.), 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Surf Beach (Vic.) were No Religion 38.0%, Catholic 18.3%, Anglican 13.7%, Christian, nfd 4.3% and Baptist 3.2%.

In Surf Beach (Vic.) 88.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.4%, Greek 0.9%, Auslan 0.9%, Cantonese 0.6% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 327 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Surf Beach (Vic.). Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 41.6% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Surf Beach (Vic.), 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Surf Beach (Vic.) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Surf Beach (Vic.) included Professionals 21.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.5%, Managers 14.6%, Labourers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Surf Beach (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Building Completion Services 4.7%, Residential Building Construction 4.3% and Accommodation 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Surf Beach (Vic.) was $512.

In Surf Beach (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Taxi 0.9%, Truck 0.9% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Surf Beach (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.1% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 (Vic.), 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Surf Beach (Vic.), 40.1% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Surf Beach (Vic.) 24.0% of single parents were male and 76.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Surf Beach (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $1,941.

Employment status of couple families

In Surf Beach (Vic.), of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% had both employed part-time and 26.7% 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 (Vic.), 34.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 65.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surf Beach (Vic.), 97.5% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Surf Beach (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 20.6% had 2 bedrooms and 53.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Surf Beach (Vic.), 34.7% were owned outright, 37.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Surf Beach (Vic.), of all households, 68.2% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Surf Beach (Vic.), 27.3% 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 Surf Beach (Vic.), 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Surf Beach (Vic.), there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 33 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 (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Surf Beach (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $227 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.