Silky Oak

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 224 people in Silky Oak of these 54.9% were male and 45.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Silky Oak was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Silky Oak aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Silky Oak was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Silky Oak, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Silky Oak was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Silky Oak 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 5.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Silky Oak were English 20.6%, Italian 19.4%, Australian 19.0%, Scottish 8.7% and Irish 6.5%.

In Silky Oak, 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.5%, Colombia 1.3%, Finland 1.3%, Germany 1.3% and Malta 1.3%.

In Silky Oak, 57.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Silky Oak were Catholic 53.1%, No Religion 13.6%, Anglican 11.0%, Pentecostal 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Silky Oak 82.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 6.6%, German 1.3%, Finnish 1.3% and Spanish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 123 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Silky Oak. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Silky Oak, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Silky Oak was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Silky Oak included Managers 28.7%, Labourers 19.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%, Professionals 6.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9% and Sales Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Silky Oak, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 18.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 14.8%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 5.7%, School Education 5.7% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Silky Oak was $647.

In Silky Oak, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.9%, Car, as passenger 13.2%, Walked only 9.1%, Truck 3.3% and Taxi, car as passenger 2.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Silky Oak, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Silky Oak, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Silky Oak, 42.9% were couple families with children, 50.8% were couple families without children and 6.3% were one parent families.

In Silky Oak 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Silky Oak, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $959 and those without children was $2,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Silky Oak, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Silky Oak, 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silky Oak, 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 Silky Oak, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 63.8% 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 Silky Oak, 48.8% were owned outright, 17.1% were owned with a mortgage and 23.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Silky Oak, of all households, 77.2% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Silky Oak, 23.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Silky Oak, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Silky Oak, 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 Silky Oak, 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 Silky Oak, 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.