Ferntree Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 25,585 people in Ferntree Gully of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Ferntree Gully was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Ferntree Gully aged 15 years and over, 48.5% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ferntree Gully was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Ferntree Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ferntree Gully was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Ferntree Gully 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 20.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ferntree Gully were Australian 28.3%, English 28.3%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.7%.

In Ferntree Gully, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, India 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%.

In Ferntree Gully, 55.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ferntree Gully were No Religion 28.7%, Catholic 25.4%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Ferntree Gully 85.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Mandarin 1.3%, Cantonese 1.0%, German 0.7% and Greek 0.7%.

Employment

There were 13,938 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ferntree Gully. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ferntree Gully, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Ferntree Gully included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Professionals 16.9%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Managers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Labourers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Ferntree Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Hospitals 3.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ferntree Gully was $586.

In Ferntree Gully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.4%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train 3.4%, Walked only 1.3% and Train, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ferntree Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ferntree Gully, 47.0% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Ferntree Gully 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ferntree Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,085 and those without children was $1,960.

Employment status of couple families

In Ferntree Gully, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.0% 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, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferntree Gully, 88.8% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Ferntree Gully, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferntree Gully, 32.8% were owned outright, 46.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Ferntree Gully, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 23.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Ferntree Gully, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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, 31.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ferntree Gully, there were 115 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 47.8%) were male and 60 (or 52.2%) 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, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,287.

In Ferntree Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.