2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferney · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 12.1% of people in Ferney live alone, which is far below the national figure. This is a place where most homes are shared, with nearly half of all families consisting of couples raising children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ferney — higher than 71% of areas.
| Ferney | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 2.7 people per house. This is reflected in the fact that 60.6% of households have two people and 21.2% have five.
2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Ferney, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 5 people is next at 21%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are very stable in Ferney, where one-parent families make up only 3.8% of the total. This is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
3.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Ferney splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (44%), with Other families at 5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ferney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31029/ferney/topic/family-households