Surfside NSW 2536
929 addresses · 23 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Eurobodalla LGA › Surfside · 224 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Surfside is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,456 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,168 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Batemans Bay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Surfside itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 supermarkets
3 beaches
2 pharmacies
1 dentist
2 optometrists
1 hospital
1 library
2 post offices
4 service stations
5 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
2 bakeries
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 beauty salon
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Moruya Airport, 22.9 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 41% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 41.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 54.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 48.9%
Population by age in Surfside
| 0-4 | 70 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 202 |
| 15-19 | 89 |
| 20-24 | 49 |
| 25-34 | 150 |
| 35-44 | 135 |
| 45-54 | 181 |
| 55-64 | 213 |
| 65-74 | 241 |
| 75-84 | 111 |
| 85+ | 17 |
Dwelling types in Surfside
| House | 495 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 21 |
| Apartment | 34 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Surfside
| <$650 | 105 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 216 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 160 |
| $3,000+ | 39 |
Top ancestries in Surfside
| English | 594 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 586 |
| Aboriginal | 163 |
| Irish | 139 |
| Scottish | 133 |
| Ancestry NS | 101 |
Housing tenure in Surfside
| Owned | 233 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 161 |
| Rented | 147 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Surfside
| 0 | 23 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 214 |
| 2 | 222 |
| 3 | 66 |
| 4+ | 23 |
Commute to work in Surfside
| Car | 410 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 43 |
Top countries of birth in Surfside
| England | 41 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 16 |
| Germany | 14 |
| Ireland | 9 |
| Croatia | 8 |
| Italy | 8 |
Languages used at home in Surfside
| Greek | 17 |
|---|---|
| Australian Indigenous | 13 |
| German | 8 |
| Italian | 8 |
| Spanish | 8 |
| Croatian | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,614 bird observations recorded near Surfside — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,020)
- Silver Gull (929)
- Red Wattlebird (672)
- Australian Magpie (632)
- Welcome Swallow (582)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (562)
- Masked Lapwing (539)
- Laughing Kookaburra (516)
- Australian Pelican (483)
- Superb Fairy-wren (483)
- Little Wattlebird (410)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (406)
- White-faced Heron (406)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Surfside
- Brown Thornbill (404)
- Little Corella (403)
- Little Pied Cormorant (391)
- Pied Currawong (388)
- Australian King-parrot (384)
- Australian Wood Duck (379)
- Australian Raven (361)
- Great Cormorant (354)
- Pacific Black Duck (353)
- Grey Fantail (333)
- Satin Bowerbird (333)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (332)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (328)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (313)
- Magpie-lark (312)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (307)
- Little Black Cormorant (299)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Surfside:
- North Batemans Bay (0.9 km)
- Batemans Bay (2.1 km)
- Long Beach (2.7 km)
- Catalina (3.5 km)
- Batehaven (4.1 km)
- Benandarah (4.8 km)
- Maloneys Beach (5 km)
- Sunshine Bay (5.4 km)
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Streets
- Bayview Street (27)
- Beauty Crescent (50)
- Bellbird Close (16)
- Berrima Parade (107)
- Burri Palm Way (22)
- Dilkira Close (10)
- Foam Street (45)
- Hawks Nest Place (20)
- Iandra Road (17)
- Karoola Crescent (84)
- Kerang Street (6)
- Marina Avenue (18)
- Myamba Parade (112)
- Osprey Place (20)
- Palana Street (100)
- Palm Place (15)
- Princes Highway (4)
- Sunset Street (27)
- The Outlook Road (41)
- The Vista (29)
- Timbara Crescent (68)
- Wallarah Street (39)
- Wallaringa Street (52)
