Ferryden Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,595 people were counted in Ferryden Park: of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Of the total population 2.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park there were 502 children aged 0-14 years and 685 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, 2,305 people were Australian citizens, 936 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, 40.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.5% were separated or divorced, 9.9% were widowed and 34.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, 57.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ferryden Park were Viet Nam 12.1%, Cambodia 2.9%, England 2.8%, Italy 2.5% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.2%.

Of all people counted in Ferryden Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.6%, No Religion 17.4%, Buddhism 16.2%, Anglican 9.6% and Uniting Church 6.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 13.8%, Cantonese 3.9%, Italian 3.7%, Khmer 3.5% and Greek 2.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 54.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 855 people aged 15 years and over in Ferryden Park were in the labour force. Of these 50.6% worked full-time, 21.9% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 24.2% were unemployed. 1,139 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 7.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.8%, Professionals 2.6%, Associate Professionals 2.2%, Managers and Administrators 0.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ferryden Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.5%, Business Services 1.9%, Health Services 1.9%, Food Retailing 1.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, 682 families were counted: of these, 31.5% were couple families without children, 36.8% were couple families with children, 29.3% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, 1,117 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ferryden Park, 32.0% were separate houses, 56.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, 18.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 15.8% were being purchased and 59.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 3.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 85.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 10.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ferryden Park, 60.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 34.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.