2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferndale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ferndale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Ferndale than in most other similar areas. This suburb is primarily home to families, with 55% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.4
→ 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 Ferndale — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ferndale | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6148, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.1% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
28.1% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferndale, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the Western Australian average.
13.5% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ferndale, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Ferndale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50502/ferndale/topic/family-households