The Oaks

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,439 people in The Oaks of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in The Oaks was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in The Oaks aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Oaks was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In The Oaks, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Oaks was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In The Oaks 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Oaks were Australian 36.0%, English 30.0%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 6.1% and Italian 3.3%.

In The Oaks, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 0.7%, Italy 0.5%, Greece 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In The Oaks, 70.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Oaks were Anglican 38.7%, Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 14.8%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.1%.

In The Oaks 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Greek 0.4%, German 0.3%, Arabic 0.3% and Cantonese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,290 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Oaks. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Oaks, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Oaks was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in The Oaks included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Professionals 13.6%, Managers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Labourers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in The Oaks, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.8%, Building Installation Services 2.6%, Residential Building Construction 2.3% and Road Freight Transport 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Oaks was $650.

In The Oaks, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 2.8%, Walked only 1.8% and Train 1.1%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Oaks, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 The Oaks, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Oaks, 53.5% were couple families with children, 30.1% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In The Oaks 11.7% of single parents were male and 88.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Oaks, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,387 and those without children was $1,777.

Employment status of couple families

In The Oaks, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Oaks, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Oaks, 96.2% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In The Oaks, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.9% had 2 bedrooms and 37.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Oaks, 32.6% were owned outright, 49.5% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In The Oaks, of all households, 84.6% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In The Oaks, 16.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.4% 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 The Oaks, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Oaks, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 52.4%) were male and 10 (or 47.6%) were female. The median age was 36 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 The Oaks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In The Oaks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $900.