Ferny Glen

19.8% of Ferny Glen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

28 family households lived in Ferny Glen; 21.4% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

10.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Ferny Glen had 91 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 102.9% of occupied private dwellings in Ferny Glen.

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

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

36.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

36.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Ferny Glen had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 25.7% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 40.0%, while 8.6% had four or more usual residents.

23.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

54.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

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 Qld rate.

One-car households formed 18.2% of the total.

87.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.7% reported a different address.

18.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

9.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.7% of Ferny Glen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% 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 92.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 61.5% of ancestry responses in Ferny Glen.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.1% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

35.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.8%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,150.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $475 per week.

Working from home was 23.8% in Ferny Glen, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 36.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.7% in Ferny Glen, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.