Surf Beach

14.6% of Surf Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

541 family households lived in Surf Beach; 27.5% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

27.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Surf Beach had 1,934 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 71.1% of occupied private dwellings in Surf Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.0% of occupied private dwellings.

48.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

21.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Surf Beach had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 40.9%, while 13.8% had four or more usual residents.

11.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

68.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 43.1% of the total.

52.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.9% reported a different address.

15.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

85.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.9% of Surf Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.7% of ancestry responses in Surf Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 35.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 11.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

21.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

46.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 14.7% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.4%.

Median household income was $1,099 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 11.0% in Surf Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 48.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.5% in Surf Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.