7,846 of Ferntree Gully's 10,280 homes are lived in by the people who own them: 76 in every 100, against 68 across Victoria. Doorstep is the neighbourhood app made for them.Download freeQuestions
| Ferntree Gully | 76% | 7,846 | |
| Victoria | 68% | 1,631,388 | |
| Australia | 66% | 6,114,780 |
ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, tenure of occupied private dwellings, Ferntree Gully (SAL). These are all homes in the suburb, not Doorstep members.
76 in every 100 homes in Ferntree Gully are lived in by their owners, against 68 across Victoria. Streets like that tend to stay put.
7,183 of Ferntree Gully's owner-occupied homes are separate houses, with the gardens, fences, gutters and driveways that come with them. That's the stuff neighbours lend each other tools for, and swap tradie names about.
Median age 40. Ferntree Gully is a mix: young families, people mid-renovation and long-time owners, often on the same street.
Give away what you don't need, borrow what you need once, and ask the street a question. Posts come from people who live around Ferntree Gully.
A national gallery of kitchens, gardens and makeovers people are proud of. Show off yours, or steal ideas for the next one.
Ask who your neighbours would call, and find local businesses rated only by people who live nearby. Businesses in Ferntree Gully →
A free listing for trades, cafés and shops that serve Ferntree Gully, shown to the members who live nearby.
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7,846 of Ferntree Gully's 10,280 occupied homes were owner-occupied at the 2021 Census (76%): 3,462 owned outright and 4,384 with a mortgage. Across Victoria the figure is 68%.
Yes. Doorstep works in every Australian suburb: you join by typing your home suburb, and Ferntree Gully is one of them. Some streets are quieter than others while the area fills up.
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