Fernvale (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 961 people were counted in Fernvale (L): of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 1.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L) there were 296 children aged 0-14 years and 118 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), 878 people were Australian citizens, 136 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), 59.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.8% were separated or divorced, 3.2% were widowed and 24.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), 82.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Fernvale (L) were England 4.6%, New Zealand 4.0%, Netherlands 0.8%, South Africa 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Fernvale (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 22.3%, No Religion 18.0%, Catholic 17.4%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Lutheran 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.5%, German 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Greek 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 417 people aged 15 years and over in Fernvale (L) were in the labour force. Of these 62.1% worked full-time, 31.4% worked part-time, 1.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.0% were unemployed. 219 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.5%, Associate Professionals 6.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Professionals 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Fernvale (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 4.5%, Business Services 4.0%, Health Services 3.6%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 3.4% and Road Transport 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), 280 families were counted: of these, 32.5% were couple families without children, 49.6% were couple families with children, 16.4% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), 322 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Fernvale (L), 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), 24.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 52.2% were being purchased and 18.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 51.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Fernvale (L), 84.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.7% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.