2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Surf Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of single-person households has shifted the living patterns in Surf Beach since 2011. The area now has a higher proportion of people living alone compared to most similar places, with 30.3% of homes housing just one person.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Surf Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Surf Beach are smaller than the national figure, with typically 2.3 people per house. This is consistent with the 30.3% of residents who live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
30.3% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surf Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families here are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 15.4% of the total. This is a little above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
15.4% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surf Beach, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22398/surf-beach/topic/family-households