Ferny Glen · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Ferny Glen

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the largest group in Ferny Glen, accounting for 47.3% of families. This small community is largely made up of family units, though homes here are slightly smaller than the national figure.

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📍 Ferny Glen, Suburb / Locality

Where Ferny Glen sits — Average household size

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 Ferny Glen — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Ferny Glen2.3
4275, QLD 2.8
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Ferny Glen holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas and a little below the own Queensland and Australian figures. About 25.7% of people live alone, a rate that is about the same as the rest of Australia.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.7%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 25.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Ferny Glen, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Nearly half of families are couples with children, while 45.9% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.2% of the group, which is well below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.

12.2%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.2%
  • 2021: 12.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Ferny Glen splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 12%.

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 Glen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31031/ferny-glen/topic/family-households