Ferntree Gully

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 27,613 people were counted in Ferntree Gully: of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully there were 6,320 children aged 0-14 years and 4,859 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, 24,603 people were Australian citizens, 5,547 were born overseas and 62 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, 54.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.6% were separated or divorced, 5.1% were widowed and 30.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, 74.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ferntree Gully were England 6.1%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 1.1%, Italy 1.1% and Netherlands 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Ferntree Gully on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 22.1%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.7%, German 1.0%, Greek 0.7%, Cantonese 0.6% and Netherlandic 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 14,357 people aged 15 years and over in Ferntree Gully were in the labour force. Of these 62.7% worked full-time, 29.7% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.9% were unemployed. 6,206 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.8%, Professionals 8.8%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ferntree Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Food Retailing 4.2%, Construction Trade Services 4.1% and Health Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, 7,565 families were counted: of these, 30.1% were couple families without children, 53.8% were couple families with children, 14.7% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, 9,767 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ferntree Gully, 88.5% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 42.0% were being purchased and 14.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ferntree Gully, 76.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.