Ferryden Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,100 people in Ferryden Park of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Ferryden Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Ferryden Park aged 15 years and over, 46.2% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ferryden Park was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Ferryden Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ferryden Park was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Ferryden Park 34.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.0% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ferryden Park were Vietnamese 15.0%, Australian 14.7%, English 14.2%, Chinese 8.3% and Italian 4.6%.

In Ferryden Park, 49.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 13.4%, India 3.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.8%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.4% and Cambodia 2.4%.

In Ferryden Park, 28.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ferryden Park were Catholic 21.9%, Buddhism 18.3%, No Religion 16.6%, Eastern Orthodox 7.8% and Islam 5.3%.

In Ferryden Park 39.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 18.7%, Khmer 3.4%, Cantonese 3.2%, Greek 3.2% and Mandarin 2.9%.

Employment

There were 1,685 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ferryden Park. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ferryden Park, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ferryden Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Ferryden Park included Labourers 20.8%, Professionals 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Managers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Ferryden Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Hospitals 3.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.4%, School Education 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ferryden Park was $382.

In Ferryden Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bus 5.2%, Walked only 1.4% and Bicycle 1.0%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ferryden Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.9% 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 Ferryden Park, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ferryden Park, 47.0% were couple families with children, 29.3% were couple families without children and 21.3% were one parent families.

In Ferryden Park 8.3% of single parents were male and 91.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ferryden Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,903 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Ferryden Park, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 14.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ferryden Park, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferryden Park, 70.6% were separate houses, 18.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Ferryden Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 54.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ferryden Park, 17.7% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 41.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Ferryden Park, of all households, 66.3% were family households, 29.6% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Ferryden Park, 36.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Ferryden Park, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ferryden Park, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 49.3%) were male and 36 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Ferryden Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,031.

In Ferryden Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $525.