2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferndale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ferndale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define the latest trends for Ferndale, where 30% of residents now live alone. This is well above the national figure and reflects a shift toward smaller living arrangements in the area. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.
2.3
—
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ferndale — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Ferndale typically hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, which sit well above the national figure at 30%.
30.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferndale, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (25%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.5% of families here, while one-parent families are completely absent. This 0.0% figure is far below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ferndale, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Ferndale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20914/ferndale/topic/family-households