ABS Census 2006 statistics – Transition the Grove Inc.

Statistics from the ABS Census 2006 for Upper Kedron Ferny Grove Ferny Hills Arana Hills and Keperra.

{accordion}Population::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Male	1331	2670	4277	3257	3246	14781 (48.3%)
Female	1380	2819	4306	3486	3780	15771 (51.6%)
Total	2711	5489	8583	6743	7026	30552

||||Indigenous persons::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
28	74	84	86	195	467 (1.5%)

||||Age groups::

Years	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
0-4 (4)	293	311	664	570	451	2289 (7.5%)
5-14(10)	545	832	1276	956	901	4510 (14.8%)
15-24 (10)	295	907	1084	821	838	3945 (12.9%)
25-54 (30)	1282	2371	3817	3137	2857	13464 (44.1%)
55-64 (10)	170	753	1145	791	740	3599 (11.7%)
65+ (20+)	124	316	598	469	1241	2748 (9.0%)
Median	~31	35	34	34	37

Age distribution is 5-15% per age decade.

||||Australian citizenship::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
2479	5084	7988	6208	6347	28106 (92.0%)

||||People born overseas::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
424	899	1182	964	935	4404 (14.4%)

||||Stability of living in The Grove where living 5 years ago::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Same address	809	3017	4578	3386	3645	15435 (56%)
Other in The Grove	83	249	588	545	236	1701
Other QLD	1027	1256	1901	1509	1809	7682
Interstate	311	274	368	328	330	1611
Overseas	93	231	229	192	180	925

||||Country of birth::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Australia	2221	4442	7168	5564	5720	25115 82.2%)
UK	131	321	425	293	299	1469 (5.3%)
New Zealand	72	109	240	201	141	763 (2.8%)
South Africa	30	64	51	46	42	233
Papua New Guinea			33	31		64 (0.2%)
Philippines					31	31 (0.1%)
India		40				19
Iran	19					19
Vietnam	7					7
Japan	5					5

||||Arrival in Australia (people born overseas)::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Within the last 5 years	95	171	179	155	120	720
6-10 years ago	79	138	142	137	122	618
11-15 years ago	47	80	80	68	47	322
More than 15 years ago	203	461	732	573	610	2579

||||Main language spoken at home::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
English	2511	5044	8150	6314	6430	28449 (98.3%)
Italian	16	24	30	34	37	141 (0.5%)
Cantonese	6	21		17	28	72
German	10		21	15	15	61
Spanish		24		16		40
Mandarin			20		18	38
Persian	26					26
Punjabi		21				21
Tagalog		18				18
Japanese	4				14	18
Arabic			18			18
Dutch			17			17
French				13		13
Sinhalese	9					9
Afrikaans	8					8

||||Ancestry::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Both parents born in Australia	1705	3494	5684	4367	4543	19793
One parent born in Australia	409	724	1154	941	902	4130
Both parents born overseas	500	1099	1448	1173	1140	5360

||||Religious affiliation::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Christian	1721	3340	5116	3980	4193	18350
No religion	507	966	1733	1279	1258	5743
Buddhism	7					7

||||Marital status (people aged 15 years and over)::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Married	1250	2527	3867	2941	2633	13218 (55.7%)
Never married	453	1318	1973	1506	1777	7027 (29.6%)
Separated /divorced	140	398	592	599	711	2440 (10.3%)
Widowed	25	99	215	167	553	1059 (4.5%)

||||Education attending::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Pre-school	84	79	160	116	104	543
Primary	379	521	892	671	580	3043
Secondary	209	487	524	397	411	2028
TAFE	54	128	141	147	134	604
University	114	270	328	260	258	1230
Other educational	18	42	57	32	37	186

||||Qualifications beyond schooling level of qualification::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Post-graduate degree	50	80	112	65	65	372
Graduate diploma/certificate	57	50	47	49	32	235
Bachelor degree	297	322	49	308	287	1263
Advanced diploma/certificate	190	192	262	227	185	1056
Certificate	331	487	898	691	605	3012

||||Qualifications beyond schooling field of study::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Agriculture environmental & related studies	12	35	87	67	62	263
Architecture & building	63	112	229	190	175	769
Creative arts	36	62	107	107	99	411
Education & teaching	108	226	374	264	244	1216
Engineering & related technologies	184	425	665	483	427	2184
Food hospitality & personal services	55	111	167	147	143	623
Health & nursing	88	197	366	244	249	1144
Information technology	43	107	129	91	71	441
Management & commerce	112	405	623	532	468	2140
Natural & physical sciences	27	91	110	77	84	389
Society & culture	106	244	324	282	255	1211

||||People needing assistance:: because of profound or severe disability (self-care mobility communication) because of disability long-term health condition or old age

Years	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
0-4	7	3	5	12	6	33
5-14	18	15	23	33	35	124
15-19	16	19	8	4	9	56
20-24	6	5	4	0	6	21
25-34	15	14	21	12	20	82
35-44	22	6	9	6	28	71
45-54	20	8	17	12	29	86
55-64	26	17	36	28	43	150
65-74	14	14	23	21	47	119
75-84	0	17	40	28	84	166
85+	0	10	57	10	80	157

||||Persons providing unpaid assistance:: to a person with a disability by age of person giving assistance

Years	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
15-19	15	16	16	10	21	78
20-24	6	20	20	28	18	92
25-34	16	41	93	82	84	316
35-44	23	87	140	108	111	469
45-54	18	146	167	122	117	570
55-64	27	140	204	147	118	636
65-74	14	27	27	34	71	173
75-84	0	7	15	8	56	86
85+	0	0	4	4	11	19

||||Persons doing voluntary work for an organisation or group::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
405	959	1377	1072	1103	4916

||||Labour force (people aged 15 years and over)::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Total labour force (employed & unemployed)	1424	3186	4905	3867	3298	16680
Employed full-time	904	1969	3048	2509	2050	10480
Employed part-time	416	948	1421	1058	920	4763
Employed hours not stated	15	78	95	77	68	333
Unemployed	85	78	133	87	146	529
Not in labour force	412	1079	1624	1207	2029	6351

||||Occupation::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Professional	324	672	1109	804	656	3565
Clerical & administration	266	661	923	771	599	3220
Technicians & Trade	186	429	677	603	443	2338
Managers	206	314	488	388	272	1668
Sales	143	350	449	369	347	1658
Community & personal service	144	306	474	345	321	1590
Labourers	55	221	370	281	297	1224
Machinery operators & drivers	51	107	224	170	165	717

||||Industry of employment (employed people aged 15 years and over)::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
School education	62	189	273	203	164	891
State government administration	52	137	168	122	117	596
Cafes restaurants & takeaway food services	42	129	133	115	147	566
Hospitals	45	115	217	166	129	672
Supermarket & grocery stores	5	115	137	101	93	451
Defence	153					153
Machinery & equipment repair & maintenance	4					4
Fuel retailing	3					3
Recreational goods retailing	3					3

||||Income Family gross income per week::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Below $1000	111	323	546	420	716	2116 (27.1%)
$1000-$1700	237	473	801	680	602	2793 (35.8%)
$1700-$2500	180	354	546	460	303	1843 (23.6%)
$2500+	140	231	306	220	148	1045 (13.4%)

||||Income Median income per week (people aged 15 years and over)::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Australia
Individual	$681-$572	$579	$597	$601	$473	$466
Household	$1633-$1475	$1407	$1329	$1320	$966	$1027
Family	$1643-$1475	$1523	$1431	$1449	$1130	$1171

||||Family characteristics Families::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Couples with children	505	855	1284	973	754	4371
Couples without children	179	497	881	689	748	2994
One parent families	66	225	287	279	438	1295
Other families	8	13	35	34	43	133
Total	758	1590	2487	1975	1983	8793

||||Family characteristics Household composition::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Family	744	1558	2449	1953	1949	8653
Lone person	37	244	386	384	714	1765
Group	5	46	84	76	76	287

||||Types of dwellings Occupied private dwellings::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Separate house	802	1695	2871	2199	2503	10070
Semi-detached row or terrace house townhouse	0	63	68	241	264	636
Flat unit or apartment	0	122	10	7	24	163
Other dwellings	0	0	3	0	4	7

||||Types of dwellings Tenure type – occupied private dwellings::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Fully owned	152	667	967	736	848	3370
Being purchased	415	808	1506	1203	871	4803
Rented	214	359	399	434	825	2231
Other	3	0	22	6	146	177
Not stated	17	39	56	71	108	291

||||State Housing rental dwellings::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
12	42	7	38	373	472

||||Median rent/month::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera
$758-$823	$1040	$1083	$1018	$867

||||Median housing repayment/month::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera
$1517-$1000	$1250	$1300	$1376	$1300

||||Average household size (persons)::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera
3.4	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.4

||||Motor vehicles per dwelling (statistical districts)::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Hills District	Keppera	Total
None	4	28	80	108	220
One	172	436	1458	790	2856
Two	415	685	3021	777	4898
Three	144	340	1211	244	1939
Four+	10	24	96	31	161

||||Total motor vehicles (statistical districts)::

Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Hills District	Keppera	Total
1474	2922	11517	3200	19113

||||Method of travel to work::

	Upper Kedron	Ferny Grove	Ferny Hills	Arana Hills	Keppera	Total
Work at home	54	87	157	138	79	515
Walked only	22	42	41	50	56	211
Bicycle	3	11	13	23	23	73
Car	853	1836	2962	2437	1912	9900
Train	97	453	470	275	379	1674
Motorbike/ scooter	26	27	72	43	48	216
Truck	14	26	70	45	41	196
Bus	0	19	14	31	21	85
Taxi	6	7	7	3	7	30
Train & car	48	85	149	155	75	512
Train & bus	24	30	23	26	19	122
Train & other	10	20	8	4	12	54
Bus & car	4	0	3	11	5	23
Train & two other methods	6	10	26	14	14	70

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Source: ABS Census 2006