Ferny Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 43,713 people in Ferny Grove of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ferny Grove was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Ferny Grove aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ferny Grove was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Ferny Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ferny Grove was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Ferny Grove 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 20.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ferny Grove were English 30.6%, Australian 29.4%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.6% and German 4.6%.

In Ferny Grove, 80.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 1.1%, Scotland 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Ferny Grove, 64.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ferny Grove were Catholic 26.4%, No Religion 24.5%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Ferny Grove 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 23,675 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ferny Grove. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ferny Grove, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ferny Grove was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Ferny Grove included Professionals 26.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Managers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Ferny Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 5.3%, State Government Administration 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ferny Grove was $729.

In Ferny Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.3%, Train 8.4%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train, car as driver 3.2% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 14.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ferny Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.9% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Ferny Grove, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ferny Grove, 51.6% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Ferny Grove 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ferny Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,613 and those without children was $2,344.

Employment status of couple families

In Ferny Grove, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ferny Grove, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferny Grove, 93.4% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Ferny Grove, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 7.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferny Grove, 32.7% were owned outright, 47.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Ferny Grove, of all households, 83.1% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Ferny Grove, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.7% 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 Ferny Grove, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ferny Grove, there were 553 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 295 (or 53.3%) were male and 258 (or 46.7%) 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 Ferny Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,581.

In Ferny Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.