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Position Surfside as a distinct base in the broader South Coast NSW visitor orbit. The 2021 Census counted 1,456 residents and 740 private dwellings in Surfside. Those figures establish the locality's scale without pretending that resident population measures visitor demand.

The 2021 Census recorded 1,456 residents and 740 private dwellings for Surfside. Those figures establish locality scale; they do not measure visitor nights, short-stay inventory, occupancy, prices or booking intent. Keep the official evidence in this source context rather than repeating identifiers or turning resident and dwelling measures into sales claims.

For hosts in Surfside, the commercial opportunity is to own the explanation that marketplace cards compress: who the stay suits, how arrival works, what is included and why booking direct is straightforward. Separate houses represent about 89.0% of occupied private dwellings, making whole-home layout, parking, outdoor areas and family or group suitability useful points of difference. Surfside has a house-led occupied-dwelling profile in the source data. That makes bed layout, vehicle access, outdoor areas and group suitability sensible questions for a host to answer, but it does not prove that any particular rental is a house.

Describe the property as a separate locality about 59 km north of South Coast NSW in straight-line terms. Use verified travel times and exact neighbourhood references only when a host supplies them; the distance quoted above is measured in a straight line, not by road.

Long Beach and Maloneys Beach are the two nearest retained Group 2 localities by locality-point distance, about 2.5 km and 5.0 km away respectively. These are orientation values and onward editorial links, not driving estimates or claims that the stays are interchangeable. South Coast NSW is the nearest larger market this guide is grouped with; it does not redefine the locality or promise a journey time.

Likely planning contexts include regional touring and stopovers, family or community visits, practical multi-night stays. Treat them as useful hypotheses for page structure and enquiry questions, then test them against the real property's capabilities and the host's own booking evidence.

A strong Surfside page should finish with one calm next step: check dates, ask a property-specific question or start a direct enquiry. Keep price, availability, payment and cancellation information consistent with the live booking system. Do not use unsupported savings, ranking or occupancy promises. The aim is a credible owned channel that complements current listings and gives the host control of the guest relationship.

Of 556 occupied private dwellings in Surfside, 89% are separate houses, 3.8% townhouses and 6.1% flats or apartments.

The commonest home in Surfside is three-bedroom at 53.4% of occupied private dwellings, with 85.6% at three bedrooms or more. The 2021 count recorded 4 one-bedroom, 67 two-bedroom, 297 three-bedroom and 158 four-bedroom dwellings, plus 21 with five bedrooms or more. That puts Surfside close to the South Coast NSW area median of 77% for three-bedroom-plus stock.

In 2021, 56.4% of occupied dwellings in Surfside kept two or more motor vehicles. The split was 214 dwellings with one vehicle, 222 with two and 89 with three or more. Only 4.2% recorded no motor vehicle.

73.9% of work journeys from Surfside were made by car on Census day. 2.2% walked or cycled. 7.7% worked from home, which is a fair proxy for whether the internet here is good enough to sell a stay on.

The commonest household in Surfside is two-person, at 41.2% of households. 25.2% live alone and 19.1% of households hold four people or more. Across 410 families, 26.8% were couples with children, 50.2% couples without and 22.4% one-parent families.

The median age in Surfside was 47 at the 2021 Census, younger than the South Coast NSW area median of 54. Households averaged 2.4 people and 0.7 persons per bedroom. Median rent was $350 a week, about level with the $340 median across the South Coast NSW localities DirectStay covers. Median mortgage repayments were $1,500 a month. Median household income ran to $1,168 a week, against $607 for an individual.

Tenure in Surfside split 41.9% owned outright, 29% mortgaged and 26.4% rented in 2021. That is 147 rented dwellings in the locality count.

Every figure above describes the resident population of Surfside at the 2021 Census. None of it describes visitors, nightly rates, occupancy or short-stay supply, and it must not be presented as if it did. Its use is to set expectations a host can then confirm from the property itself: the real bedroom count and bed layout, how many vehicles the space genuinely takes and whether that space is on-title or on-street, the actual route to the door, and the house rules a street of this kind will expect around noise and turnover.

Sources: ABS 2021 Census DataPacks (SAL13713 locality evidence) and ABS ASGS geography data services and ABS 2021 Census DataPacks, Suburbs and Localities tables G02 medians and averages, G29 family composition, G34 motor vehicles, G35 household composition, G36 dwelling structure, G37 tenure, G41 bedrooms and G62 travel to work. Census figures provide locality context only and do not measure short-stay demand.