2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surfside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Surfside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single parents make up 24.1% of families in Surfside, a figure well above the national average. This high proportion of one-parent homes is the most striking feature of the area's domestic life. Most other household trends here align closely with those seen across New South Wales and Australia.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Surfside — lower than 57% of areas.
| Surfside | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2536, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Surfside houses 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About a quarter of all households consist of someone living alone.
25.2% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surfside, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are far more common here than in the rest of the state, reaching 24.1%. This is well above the Australian average of 14.1%, while couples with children make up 38.6% of families.
24.1% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Surfside splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Surfside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13713/surfside/topic/family-households