Fern Tree

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 666 people in Fern Tree of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Fern Tree was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Fern Tree aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fern Tree was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Fern Tree, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fern Tree was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Fern Tree 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 29.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fern Tree were English 32.3%, Australian 27.9%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 10.0% and German 3.3%.

In Fern Tree, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.1%, South Africa 1.8%, United States of America 1.5%, New Zealand 1.4% and Germany 1.2%.

In Fern Tree, 52.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fern Tree were No Religion 50.2%, Anglican 15.8%, Catholic 11.0%, Pentecostal 3.0% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Fern Tree 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Dutch 0.8%, French 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.8% and Afrikaans 0.6%.

Employment

There were 377 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fern Tree. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fern Tree, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fern Tree was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Fern Tree included Professionals 44.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Managers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Sales Workers 5.4%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Fern Tree, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 12.1%, School Education 9.3%, Tertiary Education 7.9%, Hospitals 4.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fern Tree was $701.

In Fern Tree, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Bicycle 4.0%, Bus 3.1% and Motorbike/scooter 3.1%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fern Tree, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.4% 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 Fern Tree, 35.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fern Tree, 40.7% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Fern Tree 31.6% of single parents were male and 68.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fern Tree, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,187 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Fern Tree, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fern Tree, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fern Tree, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Fern Tree, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.3% had 2 bedrooms and 46.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fern Tree, 40.1% were owned outright, 48.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Fern Tree, of all households, 80.2% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Fern Tree, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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 Fern Tree, 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fern Tree, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Fern Tree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Fern Tree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,953.