Surrey Downs Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Surrey Downs (5126) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 17 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Surrey Downs is in the federal electorate of Makin.

In the 2011 census the population of Surrey Downs was 3,269 and is comprised of approximately 50.0% females and 50.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Surrey Downs is 36 years of age.

76.3% of people living in the suburb of Surrey Downs were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.6% England, 1.2% Scotland, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% South Africa, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.5% India, 0.4% Iran, 0.4% Poland, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.2% Russian Federation.

91.4% of people living in Surrey Downs speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Other, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Other, 0.2% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Surrey Downs is 34.4% No religion, 17.0% Catholic, 13.8% Anglican, 8.7% Uniting Church, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Lutheran, 3.5% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Baptist, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.2% Eastern Orthodox.

50.7% of people are married, 33.5% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 96 widowed people living in Surrey Downs.

59.9% of the people living in Surrey Downs over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.9% are working on a part time basis. Surrey Downs has an unemployment rate of 4.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Surrey Downs are 20.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.4% Technicians & trades workers, 13.8% Professionals, 11.6% Sales workers, 11.1% Community & personal service workers, 10.0% Labourers, 7.4% Managers, 6.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Surrey Downs work in are 13.0% Health care and social assistance, 11.6% Retail trade, 11.2% Manufacturing, 9.6% Construction, 9.3% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Education and training, 5.1% Wholesale trade, 5.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.6% Professional, scientific and technical services.

27.2% of homes are fully owned, and 52.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 18.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $627 per week and the median household income is $1231 per week.

The median rent in Surrey Downs is $225 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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