2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upper Ferntree Gully
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Upper Ferntree Gully compared to the state and national averages. This area is mostly made up of family homes, with 61.5% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Upper Ferntree Gully — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 22.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
22.9% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Ferntree Gully, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.5%. One-parent families account for 12.4%, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
12.4% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Ferntree Gully, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Upper Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22614/upper-ferntree-gully/topic/family-households