Australian Demographic Profile
Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~15,784
Median age
37
Median income
High
$1,500-$1,749/wk
Top profile
High-earning
62%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals62%
- Young singles and non-workers11%
- Established partnered households11%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~15,784
- Sex split
- F 42% / M 58%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 60%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)5.5%
- Young adults (15-24)9.6%
- Early career (25-39)44%
- Mid career (40-59)26%
- Senior (60+)14%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Surry Hills: High ($1,500-$1,749/wk).
- No / not stated18%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)12%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)29%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)26%
- Very high ($3k+)15%
Top occupations
- Professionals48%
- Managers21%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers9.1%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to NSW and Australia
| Surry Hills | NSW avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 60% | 21% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →