Ouse

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 368 people in Ouse of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ouse was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Ouse aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ouse was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Ouse, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ouse was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Ouse 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.2% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 4.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ouse were Australian 36.2%, English 34.0%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 6.4% and German 2.0%.

In Ouse, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.2%, England 2.2%, United States of America 1.1%, Netherlands 0.8% and Poland 0.8%.

In Ouse, 83.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ouse were Anglican 42.0%, No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 18.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7% and Christian, nfd 1.3%.

In Ouse 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.6%, Spanish 1.3% and Polish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ouse. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 21.2% were employed part-time and 8.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ouse, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ouse was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 57 years.

The most common occupations in Ouse included Managers 29.5%, Labourers 23.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.3%, Professionals 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.9% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Ouse, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 24.4%, Aquaculture 8.9%, Forestry and Logging 5.7%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.1% and Electricity Generation 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ouse was $365.

In Ouse, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.8%, Walked only 11.4%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 2.4%. 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 61.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ouse, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.0% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Ouse, 18.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ouse, 40.4% were couple families with children, 45.5% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Ouse 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ouse, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,041 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Ouse, of couple families with children, 7.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 9.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ouse, 60.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ouse, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Ouse, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ouse, 30.7% were owned outright, 19.3% were owned with a mortgage and 40.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Ouse, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Ouse, 43.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Ouse, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ouse, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 26.7%) were male and 11 (or 73.3%) 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 Ouse, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Ouse, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $153 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.