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Haymarket vs Surry Hills
Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 0.9 km apart · Haymarket profile · Surry Hills profile
Haymarket Surry Hills
Surry Hills and Haymarket are neighbouring inner-city areas with very different social profiles. Haymarket is far more diverse, with 78.2% of people born overseas and 72.1% using a language other than English at home. Surry Hills has a more affluent population; the typical personal weekly income is $1,442, which is far higher than the $758 typical income in Haymarket. Surry Hills also has a larger share of high earners, with 30.5% of people earning $2,000 or more a week compared to just 10.1% in Haymarket.
Both areas are perfectly suited for walking, with 100% of homes within a 10-minute walk of public transport and a park. They are also alike in that they have very few detached houses and similar proportions of one-parent families. While both are highly mobile, the gap in overseas arrivals is wide, as 40.2% of Haymarket residents arrived recently compared to 26.0% in Surry Hills.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 5,376
- First area, 2016: 7,353
- First area, 2021: 8,305
- Second area, 2011: 15,342
- Second area, 2016: 16,412
- Second area, 2021: 15,828
- First area, 2011: 27 yrs
- First area, 2016: 27 yrs
- First area, 2021: 30 yrs
- Second area, 2011: 33 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 34 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 35 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Haymarket: 0.1% males, 0.1% females; 85+ in Surry Hills: 0.5% males, 0.9% females
- 80–84 in Haymarket: 0.2% males, 0.2% females; 80–84 in Surry Hills: 0.7% males, 0.7% females
- 75–79 in Haymarket: 0.3% males, 0.3% females; 75–79 in Surry Hills: 1.0% males, 0.8% females
- 70–74 in Haymarket: 0.7% males, 0.5% females; 70–74 in Surry Hills: 1.5% males, 0.9% females
- 65–69 in Haymarket: 0.9% males, 0.8% females; 65–69 in Surry Hills: 2.0% males, 1.3% females
- 60–64 in Haymarket: 0.9% males, 1.1% females; 60–64 in Surry Hills: 2.7% males, 1.5% females
- 55–59 in Haymarket: 1.3% males, 1.0% females; 55–59 in Surry Hills: 3.6% males, 1.8% females
- 50–54 in Haymarket: 1.1% males, 1.0% females; 50–54 in Surry Hills: 4.2% males, 2.1% females
- 45–49 in Haymarket: 2.0% males, 1.7% females; 45–49 in Surry Hills: 4.2% males, 2.3% females
- 40–44 in Haymarket: 3.5% males, 3.1% females; 40–44 in Surry Hills: 5.3% males, 3.0% females
- 35–39 in Haymarket: 6.0% males, 5.7% females; 35–39 in Surry Hills: 6.8% males, 4.7% females
- 30–34 in Haymarket: 9.9% males, 10.1% females; 30–34 in Surry Hills: 9.5% males, 6.9% females
- 25–29 in Haymarket: 10.6% males, 12.6% females; 25–29 in Surry Hills: 8.7% males, 7.5% females
- 20–24 in Haymarket: 8.4% males, 9.1% females; 20–24 in Surry Hills: 3.9% males, 4.2% females
- 15–19 in Haymarket: 1.2% males, 1.4% females; 15–19 in Surry Hills: 0.6% males, 0.7% females
- 10–14 in Haymarket: 0.4% males, 0.4% females; 10–14 in Surry Hills: 0.8% males, 0.7% females
- 5–9 in Haymarket: 0.6% males, 0.7% females; 5–9 in Surry Hills: 0.9% males, 0.7% females
- 0–4 in Haymarket: 1.1% males, 1.1% females; 0–4 in Surry Hills: 1.3% males, 1.0% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $358
- First area, 2016: $463
- First area, 2021: $758
- Second area, 2011: $986
- Second area, 2016: $1,160
- Second area, 2021: $1,442
- First area, 2011: $1,007
- First area, 2016: $1,505
- First area, 2021: $1,931
- Second area, 2011: $1,760
- Second area, 2016: $2,144
- Second area, 2021: $2,308
- First area, 2011: $1,052
- First area, 2016: $1,341
- First area, 2021: $1,916
- Second area, 2011: $2,448
- Second area, 2016: $2,944
- Second area, 2021: $3,551
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 2.6
- First area, 2016: 3.0
- First area, 2021: 2.4
- Second area, 2011: 1.8
- Second area, 2016: 1.9
- Second area, 2021: 1.8
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $640
- First area, 2016: $750
- First area, 2021: $650
- Second area, 2011: $450
- Second area, 2016: $550
- Second area, 2021: $550
- First area, 2011: $2,500
- First area, 2016: $2,342
- First area, 2021: $2,600
- Second area, 2011: $2,500
- Second area, 2016: $2,500
- Second area, 2021: $2,839
- First area, 2011: 1.60
- First area, 2016: 1.60
- First area, 2021: 1.40
- Second area, 2011: 1.20
- Second area, 2016: 1.10
- Second area, 2021: 1.10
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Haymarket vs Surry Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL11884/haymarket/vs/SAL13714/surry-hills