2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ferntree Gully
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher-than-usual number of one-parent families defines the domestic life of Ferntree Gully. Most homes are occupied by couples with children, and the typical home holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ferntree Gully — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 32.6%, while 23.9% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is a little below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
23.9% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferntree Gully, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.3%, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
15.3% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ferntree Gully, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20917/ferntree-gully/topic/family-households