Ferny Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,535 people in Ferny Creek of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Ferny Creek was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Ferny Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ferny Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ferny Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ferny Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Ferny Creek 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 21.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ferny Creek were English 32.3%, Australian 25.5%, Scottish 9.3%, Irish 8.3% and German 4.5%.

In Ferny Creek, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 1.7%, Germany 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Ferny Creek, 57.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ferny Creek were No Religion 40.2%, Catholic 14.0%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Ferny Creek 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.9%, Italian 0.5%, German 0.4%, Japanese 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 848 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ferny Creek. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ferny Creek, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ferny Creek was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Ferny Creek included Professionals 30.0%, Managers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Ferny Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 3.8%, Hospitals 3.7% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ferny Creek was $677.

In Ferny Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Train 3.2%, Train, car as driver 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ferny Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 Creek, 31.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ferny Creek, 52.6% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Ferny Creek 23.4% of single parents were male and 76.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ferny Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,457 and those without children was $2,483.

Employment status of couple families

In Ferny Creek, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ferny Creek, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferny Creek, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ferny Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferny Creek, 36.1% were owned outright, 53.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Ferny Creek, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 19.2% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Ferny Creek, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.0% 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 Creek, 26.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ferny Creek, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Ferny Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.