Ferndale

29.2% of Ferndale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

12 family households lived in Ferndale; 58.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

41.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Ferndale had 48 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 105.3% of occupied private dwellings in Ferndale.

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

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

50.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Ferndale had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 45.0%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

44.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

29.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.8% 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 23.5% of the total.

76.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.2% reported a different address.

27.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

97.9% 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.

27.1% of Ferndale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.9% 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 102.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 27.1% of ancestry responses in Ferndale.

Australian ancestry made up 41.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 32.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.8% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 85.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

42.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 39.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

66.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.6% reported asthma, 6.3% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 40.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.0%.

Median household income was $1,625 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,567.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $0 per week.

Working from home was 44.1% in Ferndale, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Ferndale, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..