Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 63,892 people in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 19.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) were Australian 26.1%, English 25.3%, Irish 6.5%, Scottish 5.9% and Italian 4.6%.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 72.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Sri Lanka 1.7%, India 1.6%, Malaysia 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 50.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) were Catholic 27.7%, No Religion 25.1%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Buddhism 2.8%.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) 79.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.7%, Italian 1.6%, Cantonese 1.5%, Greek 1.2% and Arabic 1.1%.

Employment

There were 35,065 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan). Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) included Professionals 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Managers 11.8%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Hospitals 3.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) was $618.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 2.6%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 54.3% were couple families with children, 29.8% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,268 and those without children was $2,059.

Employment status of couple families

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 27.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 90.0% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 31.0% were owned outright, 50.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), of all households, 80.0% were family households, 17.8% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 16.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), there were 215 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 109 (or 50.7%) were male and 106 (or 49.3%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,368.

In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.