Surf Beach

17.5% of Surf Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

177 family households lived in Surf Beach; 34.5% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Surf Beach had 670 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.6% of occupied private dwellings in Surf Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

44.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

38.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Surf Beach had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 39.1%, while 19.9% had four or more usual residents.

20.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

53.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 36.4% of the total.

62.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.4% reported a different address.

16.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.0% of Surf Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.8% of ancestry responses in Surf Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

24.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.2% of workers, and education and training employed 13.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

54.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 11.5% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.9%.

Median household income was $1,414 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,433.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $316 per week.

Working from home was 20.4% in Surf Beach, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 44.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.3% in Surf Beach, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..