Oaks Estate

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 259 people in Oaks Estate of these 64.1% were male and 35.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Oaks Estate was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Oaks Estate aged 15 years and over, 24.3% were married and 24.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oaks Estate was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Oaks Estate, of people aged 15 years and over, 23.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oaks Estate was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Oaks Estate 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.6% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 31.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oaks Estate were English 26.8%, Australian 26.2%, Irish 13.3%, Scottish 9.5% and Polish 3.7%.

In Oaks Estate, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Germany 2.3%, Bangladesh 1.9%, India 1.9%, Malta 1.9% and New Zealand 1.9%.

In Oaks Estate, 61.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oaks Estate were No Religion 31.3%, Catholic 23.2%, Anglican 17.0%, Pentecostal 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Oaks Estate 84.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.9%, Bulgarian 1.9%, Malayalam 1.6%, Bengali 1.6% and Mandarin 1.6%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oaks Estate. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 19.9% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oaks Estate, 2.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oaks Estate was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Oaks Estate included Professionals 21.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Managers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%, Labourers 7.2% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Oaks Estate, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 10.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.3% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oaks Estate was $715.

In Oaks Estate, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.5%, Bus 7.2%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 3.6% and Bicycle 2.9%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oaks Estate, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Oaks Estate, 31.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oaks Estate, 44.2% were couple families with children, 28.8% were couple families without children and 26.9% were one parent families.

In Oaks Estate 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oaks Estate, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,799 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Oaks Estate, of couple families with children, 36.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 30.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oaks Estate, 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oaks Estate, 39.3% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 51.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Oaks Estate, of occupied private dwellings 38.6% had 1 bedroom, 24.1% had 2 bedrooms and 23.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 1.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oaks Estate, 13.1% were owned outright, 20.7% were owned with a mortgage and 60.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Oaks Estate, of all households, 35.2% were family households, 62.1% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Oaks Estate, 41.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Oaks Estate, 43.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oaks Estate, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 45 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 Oaks Estate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Oaks Estate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.