Surf Beach VIC 3922

Living Here

Surf Beach is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 670 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,414 a week, with median rent near $316 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $716,500.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Phillip Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Surf Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Newhaven College
• 4 beaches

  • Smiths Beach
  • YCW
  • The Colonnades
  • Aussie Track
• 1 Catholic church

  • St. Mary's Catholic Church
• 1 hospital

  • Phillip Island Health Hub
• 1 vet

  • Gippsland Vet Clinic
• 1 gym

  • Phillip Island Fitness
• 2 golf clubs

  • Phillip Island Golf Club
  • Aussie Golf Ranch
• 1 plumber

  • All Plumbing Phillip Island
• 5 places to stay

  • A Maze'N Things Holiday Park
  • Koala Park Resort
  • Oswin Roberts Cottage
  • BIG4 Phillip Island Caravan Park
  • Phillip Island YHA

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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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 8.9% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 58.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

45,746 bird observations recorded near Surf Beach — most often seen:

• Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,624)
• Australian White Ibis (2,561)
• Cape Barren Goose (2,425)
• Black Swan (2,358)
• Masked Lapwing (2,178)
• Australian Magpie (1,802)
• Chestnut Teal (1,730)
• Little Raven (1,724)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,709)
• Australian Pelican (1,680)
• White-faced Heron (1,662)
• Red Wattlebird (1,554)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,518)

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 Surf Beach:

• Sunderland Bay (1.2 km)
• Sunset Strip (2.5 km)
• Smiths Beach (3 km)
• Churchill Island (4.3 km)
• Cape Woolamai (4.5 km)
• Rhyll (4.9 km)
• Newhaven (5.6 km)
• Wimbledon Heights (5.8 km)

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