2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferny Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ferny Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in family groups in Ferny Creek than in most similar areas. The area is dominated by couples with children, which helps explain why the typical home holds more people than the national figure.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Ferny Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than in most areas. Fewer people live alone here than in the rest of the state, with only 19.4% of households consisting of one person.
19.4% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferny Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a huge 66.5% of all families. This is reflected in the low number of one-parent families, at 6.7%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.7% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ferny Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Ferny Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20918/ferny-creek/topic/family-households