Fernbank

14.4% of Fernbank's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

53 family households lived in Fernbank; 39.6% were couple families and 11.3% were one-parent families.

34.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Fernbank had 194 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Fernbank.

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

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

46.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

43.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Fernbank had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 40.0%, while 28.6% had four or more usual residents.

17.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

62.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 11.9% of the total.

95.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.0% reported a different address.

6.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.2% of Fernbank's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.8% 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 87.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.9% of ancestry responses in Fernbank.

Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

3.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 19.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 4.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

35.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

5.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 23.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.9%.

Median household income was $1,531 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,222.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 17.2% in Fernbank, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 46.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.9% in Fernbank, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..