Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Ferny Hills QLD 4055

3,518 addresses · 151 streets

Dickson Electorate › Moreton Bay LGA › Ferny Hills · 12 km from Brisbane

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Ferny Hills moving guide

Living Here

Ferny Hills is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 8,726 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,271 a week, with median rent near $448 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

8,726Population
40Median age
$2,271Median household income / wk
$448Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Hills District statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ferny Hills itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Ferny Grove, 950 m south-west · Bus interchange: Brookside Shopping Centre, 4.1 km south-east · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 18 km east.

Run a business in Ferny Hills? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs9/10

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 77.6% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 68%

Population by age in Ferny Hills
Population by age, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-4477
5-141,331
15-19570
20-24402
25-34932
35-441,347
45-541,339
55-64873
65-74803
75-84506
85+142
Dwelling types in Ferny Hills
Dwelling types, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House2,916
Townhouse147
Apartment4
Other0
Households by weekly income in Ferny Hills
Households by weekly income, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650304
$650-1,499647
$1,500-2,999960
$3,000+982
Top ancestries in Ferny Hills
Top ancestries, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English3,823
Australian3,551
Irish1,332
Scottish1,238
Other696
German662
Housing tenure in Ferny Hills
Housing tenure, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,007
Mortgage1,563
Rented412
Other73
Cars per household in Ferny Hills
Cars per household, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
056
1933
21,415
3443
4+210
Commute to work in Ferny Hills
Commute to work, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,445
Train188
Bus13
Tram/ferry0
Walked24
Bicycle21
Home1,069
Top countries of birth in Ferny Hills
Top countries of birth, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England363
New Zealand241
South Africa106
Germany49
Scotland48
Ireland40
Languages used at home in Ferny Hills
Languages used at home, Ferny Hills QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German63
Spanish45
Italian36
Afrikaans34
Japanese27
Polish20

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

63,709 bird observations recorded near Ferny Hills — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Ferny Hills

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Ferny Hills:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Ferny Hills stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Ferny Hills

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Bgtips1001 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).