Ferny Grove

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 40,442 people were counted in Ferny Grove: of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 1.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove there were 9,613 children aged 0-14 years and 6,418 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, 37,700 people were Australian citizens, 5,752 were born overseas and 228 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, 58.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.1% were separated or divorced, 3.8% were widowed and 28.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, 82.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ferny Grove were England 4.6%, New Zealand 2.6%, Scotland 0.7%, South Africa 0.6% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Ferny Grove on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.2%, Anglican 22.1%, No Religion 14.9%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, German 0.4%, Cantonese 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 21,830 people aged 15 years and over in Ferny Grove were in the labour force. Of these 60.3% worked full-time, 32.4% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.0% were unemployed. 8,527 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.3%, Associate Professionals 8.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Managers and Administrators 5.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ferny Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.2%, Education 6.0%, Health Services 5.1%, Food Retailing 4.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, 11,622 families were counted: of these, 32.0% were couple families without children, 53.6% were couple families with children, 13.3% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, 13,967 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ferny Grove, 93.4% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.0% were being purchased and 17.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 19.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Grove, 82.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.