2.7 —
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62.2% of families in Upper Ferntree Gully, forming the largest household group in the area. This is a place where homes are generally busier than in other similar areas, with a low number of people living alone.
2.7
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- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. Only 19.6% of people live by themselves, a rate well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.6% —
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.9% of the total, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. This proportion has barely changed since 2016.
13.9% —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011448/ferntree-gully-upper-ferntree-gully/topic/family-households