Oaky Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 330 people in Oaky Park of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Oaky Park was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Oaky Park aged 15 years and over, 40.6% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oaky Park was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Oaky Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oaky Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 22 years.

In Oaky Park 25.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 27.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oaky Park were English 35.3%, Australian 32.8%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.9% and Welsh 2.3%.

In Oaky Park, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Netherlands 1.2%, Scotland 1.2%, South Africa 1.2% and Italy 0.9%.

In Oaky Park, 78.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oaky Park were Anglican 34.3%, Catholic 20.8%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Oaky Park 97.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.2%.

Employment

There were 179 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oaky Park. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oaky Park, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oaky Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Oaky Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Labourers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Professionals 9.1%, Sales Workers 7.3% and Managers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Oaky Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.7%, School Education 6.7%, Road Freight Transport 5.5%, Hospitals 4.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oaky Park was $457.

In Oaky Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Bus 4.3%, Walked only 4.3% and Taxi 1.8%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oaky Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Oaky Park, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oaky Park, 32.6% were couple families with children, 35.8% were couple families without children and 28.4% were one parent families.

In Oaky Park 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oaky Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Oaky Park, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oaky Park, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oaky Park, 96.4% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Oaky Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 22.1% had 2 bedrooms and 59.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oaky Park, 38.6% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Oaky Park, of all households, 64.1% were family households, 33.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Oaky Park, 32.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Oaky Park, 40.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oaky Park, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 29 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Oaky Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Oaky Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.