2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferny Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ferny Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Ferny Grove compared to the rest of the country, with only 15.9% of households being single-person homes. This gap helps explain why the area has a higher number of people per home than the national figure. Most homes here are filled by families and larger groups.
2.8
→ 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 Ferny Grove — higher than 76% of areas.
| Ferny Grove | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4055, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Ferny Grove are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the mix of residents, where 35% of homes house two people and 21.8% house four.
15.9% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferny Grove, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central here, with 60.9% of households consisting of couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
13.3% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ferny Grove, 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 Ferny Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31032/ferny-grove/topic/family-households