Ferny Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,721 people in Ferny Hills of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ferny Hills was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Ferny Hills aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ferny Hills was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Ferny Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ferny Hills was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Ferny Hills 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.6% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ferny Hills were Australian 30.5%, English 29.7%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 8.7% and German 4.7%.

In Ferny Hills, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 3.6%, South Africa 0.8%, Scotland 0.6% and India 0.4%.

In Ferny Hills, 65.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ferny Hills were No Religion 26.8%, Catholic 26.1%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Ferny Hills 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, German 0.3%, Mandarin 0.2%, Polish 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 4,960 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ferny Hills. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ferny Hills, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ferny Hills was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Ferny Hills included Professionals 25.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Managers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Labourers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Ferny Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 5.7%, State Government Administration 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ferny Hills was $747.

In Ferny Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.9%, Train 9.9%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train, car as driver 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 15.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ferny Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.6% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Ferny Hills, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ferny Hills, 51.1% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Ferny Hills 21.5% of single parents were male and 78.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ferny Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,434 and those without children was $2,303.

Employment status of couple families

In Ferny Hills, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 26.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ferny Hills, 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferny Hills, 95.1% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ferny Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 5.7% had 2 bedrooms and 58.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferny Hills, 32.5% were owned outright, 51.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Ferny Hills, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Ferny Hills, 12.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% 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 Ferny Hills, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ferny Hills, there were 88 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 53.4%) were male and 41 (or 46.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Ferny Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,899.

In Ferny Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.