2.7 —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Ferntree Gully have remained remarkably steady over the last few years. The area is defined by a high number of larger homes, with the typical household containing 2.7 people. This stability is seen in both the number of people per home and the proportion of one-parent families, which have barely changed since 2016.
2.7
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- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) — higher than 71% of areas.
| Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with 2.7 people per dwelling. This is partly because far fewer people live alone here (21.6%) compared to the Victorian average of 25.9%.
21.6% —
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Ferntree Gully are couples with children, making up 62% of the total. One-parent families account for 13% of households, a figure that is about the same as the state average.
13.0% —
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Ferntree Gully (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22901/ferntree-gully/topic/family-households