Oakenden

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 433 people in Oakenden of these 56.4% were male and 43.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Oakenden was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Oakenden aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oakenden was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Oakenden, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% 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 Oakenden was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 24 years.

In Oakenden 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.2% were in primary school, 28.2% in secondary school and 7.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oakenden were Australian 30.0%, English 30.0%, Scottish 8.6%, German 6.8% and Irish 4.7%.

In Oakenden, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Ireland 0.7%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.7%, New Zealand 0.7% and Papua New Guinea 0.7%.

In Oakenden, 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oakenden were Catholic 32.1%, Anglican 17.1%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 14.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Oakenden 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.9% and Filipino 0.7%.

Employment

There were 242 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oakenden. Of these 71.1% were employed full time, 17.4% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oakenden, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oakenden was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Oakenden included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Managers 19.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.4%, Professionals 9.3%, Sales Workers 5.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Oakenden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 11.3%, Coal Mining 6.7%, School Education 3.8%, Hospitals 3.3% and Building Structure Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oakenden was $678.

In Oakenden, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bus 3.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.7% and Taxi 1.3%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oakenden, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Oakenden, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oakenden, 54.5% were couple families with children, 43.0% were couple families without children and 2.5% were one parent families.

In Oakenden 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oakenden, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $2,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Oakenden, of couple families with children, 26.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oakenden, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oakenden, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Oakenden, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.1% had 2 bedrooms and 53.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oakenden, 32.6% were owned outright, 47.5% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Oakenden, of all households, 81.1% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Oakenden, 18.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.2% 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 Oakenden, 19.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oakenden, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Oakenden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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