2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferny Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ferny Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Ferny Hills, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families with children and far fewer people living on their own compared to the national average.
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 Hills — higher than 76% of areas.
| Ferny Hills | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4055, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.8 people per household, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. Only 16.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.4% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferny Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.3%, while one-parent families account for 11.6%. This last figure is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
11.6% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ferny Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31033/ferny-hills/topic/family-households