Ocean Reef

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,108 people in Ocean Reef of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Ocean Reef was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Ocean Reef aged 15 years and over, 60.4% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ocean Reef was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Ocean Reef, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ocean Reef was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Ocean Reef 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 23.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ocean Reef were English 35.9%, Australian 19.4%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 3.4%.

In Ocean Reef, 48.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 21.5%, South Africa 5.1%, New Zealand 2.6%, Scotland 2.6% and Ireland 1.6%.

In Ocean Reef, 27.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ocean Reef were Catholic 27.3%, Anglican 24.4%, No Religion 21.3%, Uniting Church 3.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Ocean Reef 85.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.7%, Italian 1.2%, Cantonese 0.9%, Arabic 0.7% and German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 4,495 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ocean Reef. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ocean Reef, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ocean Reef was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Ocean Reef included Professionals 21.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Managers 14.3%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Ocean Reef, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Hospitals 3.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.6% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ocean Reef was $693.

In Ocean Reef, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.4%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Train 3.4%, Train, car as driver 2.9% and Train, bus 1.7%. On the day, 10.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ocean Reef, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.2% 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 Ocean Reef, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ocean Reef, 56.3% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Ocean Reef 23.4% of single parents were male and 76.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ocean Reef, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,927 and those without children was $2,484.

Employment status of couple families

In Ocean Reef, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ocean Reef, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ocean Reef, 96.6% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ocean Reef, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 1.7% had 2 bedrooms and 16.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ocean Reef, 36.4% were owned outright, 47.9% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Ocean Reef, of all households, 87.3% were family households, 11.1% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Ocean Reef, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.3% 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 Ocean Reef, 21.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ocean Reef, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 38.7%) were male and 19 (or 61.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Ocean Reef, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,708.

In Ocean Reef, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $410 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,084.