Ferny Creek

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,464 people were counted in Ferny Creek: of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek there were 321 children aged 0-14 years and 302 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, 1,287 people were Australian citizens, 302 were born overseas and 17 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, 56.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.4% were separated or divorced, 3.4% were widowed and 28.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, 74.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ferny Creek were England 9.0%, Germany 2.0%, New Zealand 1.7%, Netherlands 1.3% and Scotland 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Ferny Creek on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 32.9%, Anglican 19.9%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.2%, Netherlandic 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, Croatian 0.3% and Japanese 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 787 people aged 15 years and over in Ferny Creek were in the labour force. Of these 59.5% worked full-time, 34.3% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.3% were unemployed. 318 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 19.1%, Managers and Administrators 9.0%, Associate Professionals 8.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.1%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ferny Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 9.6%, Business Services 7.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.0%, Health Services 4.8% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, 417 families were counted: of these, 35.0% were couple families without children, 50.8% were couple families with children, 13.4% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, 540 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ferny Creek, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, 46.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.6% were being purchased and 6.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 55.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ferny Creek, 75.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.0% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.