Osborne Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,047 people in Osborne Park of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Osborne Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Osborne Park aged 15 years and over, 32.0% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Osborne Park was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Osborne Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Osborne Park was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Osborne Park 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.5% were in primary school, 5.7% in secondary school and 30.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Osborne Park were English 19.1%, Australian 15.8%, Italian 6.7%, Indian 6.4% and Irish 5.8%.

In Osborne Park, 43.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 7.8%, England 5.2%, New Zealand 3.1%, Italy 2.8% and Philippines 2.0%.

In Osborne Park, 27.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 59.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Osborne Park were Catholic 26.0%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 8.9%, Hinduism 5.7% and Islam 4.1%.

In Osborne Park 53.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.9%, Gujarati 2.9%, Cantonese 1.8%, Punjabi 1.5% and Arabic 1.4%.

Employment

There were 2,263 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Osborne Park. Of these 66.4% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Osborne Park, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Osborne Park was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Osborne Park included Professionals 22.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Labourers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Managers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Osborne Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Hospitals 3.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%, School Education 3.2% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Osborne Park was $707.

In Osborne Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.6%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 4.9%, Train 3.3% and Walked only 3.2%. On the day, 13.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Osborne Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.6% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Osborne Park, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Osborne Park, 30.4% were couple families with children, 48.9% were couple families without children and 16.5% were one parent families.

In Osborne Park 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Osborne Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,968 and those without children was $2,032.

Employment status of couple families

In Osborne Park, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Osborne Park, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Osborne Park, 17.6% were separate houses, 45.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Osborne Park, of occupied private dwellings 13.8% had 1 bedroom, 44.4% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Osborne Park, 18.3% were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage and 49.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Osborne Park, of all households, 46.9% were family households, 46.0% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Osborne Park, 23.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Osborne Park, 52.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Osborne Park, there were 47 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 40.4%) were male and 28 (or 59.6%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Osborne Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $774.

In Osborne Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,060.