Surrey Hills Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Surrey Hills (3127) is a suburb of Melbourne, North East, Victoria. It is about 11 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Surrey Hills is in the federal electorates of Chisholm, Kooyong.

In the 2011 census the population of Surrey Hills was 13,133 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Surrey Hills is 39 years of age.

74.6% of people living in the suburb of Surrey Hills were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.6% England, 2.9% China , 1.6% New Zealand, 1.3% Malaysia, 1.2% India, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% Greece, 0.7% Italy, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Vietnam, 0.4% Taiwan.

81.9% of people living in Surrey Hills speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.3% Mandarin, 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.1% Greek, 1.5% Cantonese, 1.2% Other, 1.0% Italian, 0.5% Hindi, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.4% Other.

The religious makeup of Surrey Hills is 29.2% No religion, 23.2% Catholic, 14.6% Anglican, 7.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.5% Uniting Church, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.0% Eastern Orthodox, 2.6% Baptist, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Buddhism.

54.1% of people are married, 33.4% have never married and 5.9% are divorced and 1.5% are separated. There are 526 widowed people living in Surrey Hills.

56.8% of the people living in Surrey Hills over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.8% are working on a part time basis. Surrey Hills has an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Surrey Hills are 38.5% Professionals, 17.3% Managers, 14.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.5% Sales workers, 7.7% Community & personal service workers, 6.4% Technicians & trades workers, 3.1% Labourers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 0.8% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Surrey Hills work in are 14.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 13.5% Health care and social assistance, 12.1% Education and training, 9.1% Retail trade, 7.7% Financial and insurance services, 5.7% Manufacturing, 5.2% Public administration and safety, 4.8% Construction, 4.6% Accommodation and food services.

41.7% of homes are fully owned, and 34.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $778 per week and the median household income is $2034 per week.

The median rent in Surrey Hills is $351 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Surrey Hills postcode 3127