Ferguson

13.7% of Ferguson's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

70 family households lived in Ferguson; 37.1% were couple families and 7.1% were one-parent families.

18.6% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Ferguson had 233 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 101.2% of occupied private dwellings in Ferguson.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

61.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

31.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Ferguson had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 18.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 54.2%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

14.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

62.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

2.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 10.8% of the total.

96.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.1% reported a different address.

17.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.2% of Ferguson's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 56.7% of ancestry responses in Ferguson.

Australian ancestry made up 26.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 31.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.4% of workers, and education and training employed 4.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

31.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

56.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 2.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.5%.

Median household income was $2,166 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 14.5% in Ferguson, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 61.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 7.1% in Ferguson, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.