Oyster Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,428 people in Oyster Bay of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Oyster Bay was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Oyster Bay aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oyster Bay was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Oyster Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oyster Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Oyster Bay 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oyster Bay were Australian 31.3%, English 28.3%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 6.7% and German 2.6%.

In Oyster Bay, 81.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 0.6%, Scotland 0.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Oyster Bay, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oyster Bay were Catholic 32.6%, Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Eastern Orthodox 3.9%.

In Oyster Bay 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.4%, Cantonese 0.6%, German 0.6%, Macedonian 0.5% and Mandarin 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,900 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oyster Bay. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oyster Bay, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oyster Bay was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Oyster Bay included Professionals 27.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Managers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Oyster Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.6%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oyster Bay was $753.

In Oyster Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.3%, Train 11.5%, Train, car as driver 3.5%, Car, as passenger 3.4% and Train, bus 1.6%. On the day, 18.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oyster Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Oyster Bay, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oyster Bay, 59.0% were couple families with children, 29.8% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Oyster Bay 22.9% of single parents were male and 77.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oyster Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,035 and those without children was $2,728.

Employment status of couple families

In Oyster Bay, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oyster Bay, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oyster Bay, 94.3% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Oyster Bay, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oyster Bay, 39.3% were owned outright, 48.7% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Oyster Bay, of all households, 85.7% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Oyster Bay, 14.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.7% 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 Oyster Bay, 25.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oyster Bay, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 42.9%) were male and 20 (or 57.1%) 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 Oyster Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,583.

In Oyster Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $525 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,100.