Oxley Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,336 people in Oxley Vale of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Oxley Vale was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Oxley Vale aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oxley Vale was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Oxley Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oxley Vale was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Oxley Vale 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oxley Vale were Australian 40.9%, English 28.9%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 5.8% and German 3.1%.

In Oxley Vale, 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 0.5%, Germany 0.3%, India 0.2% and United States of America 0.2%.

In Oxley Vale, 86.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oxley Vale were Anglican 35.7%, Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 12.9%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Oxley Vale 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.1%, Mandarin 0.1%, German 0.1%, Swedish 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,531 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oxley Vale. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oxley Vale, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oxley Vale was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Oxley Vale included Professionals 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Labourers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Managers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Oxley Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, School Education 5.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.6% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oxley Vale was $521.

In Oxley Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.3%, Car, as passenger 8.7%, Truck 1.3%, Walked only 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oxley Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% 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, 16.7% 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 Oxley Vale, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oxley Vale, 37.7% were couple families with children, 37.9% were couple families without children and 22.6% were one parent families.

In Oxley Vale 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oxley Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,826 and those without children was $1,816.

Employment status of couple families

In Oxley Vale, of couple families with children, 22.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oxley Vale, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oxley Vale, 96.0% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Oxley Vale, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 50.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oxley Vale, 27.6% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 38.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Oxley Vale, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Oxley Vale, 26.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Oxley Vale, 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oxley Vale, there were 403 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 171 (or 42.4%) were male and 232 (or 57.6%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Oxley Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $871.

In Oxley Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $188 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,354.