Oxley (Qld)

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

For the 2016 Census in Oxley (Qld), there were 121 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female.

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In Oxley (Qld), the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 20 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 36.2% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 0.0% were people aged 65 years and over.

In Oxley (Qld), 25.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

In Oxley (Qld), 27.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Oxley (Qld), 37.1% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.7% were attending a primary school, 28.3% were attending a secondary school and 13.0% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Oxley (Qld), 21.9% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 34.4% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 6.2% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

English was the only language spoken at home by 100.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Oxley (Qld). There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Oxley (Qld) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Oxley (Qld), the most common ancestries were Australian 35.7%, English 24.0%, Australian Aboriginal 13.8%, Scottish 9.7% and Irish 6.1%.

Employment

There were 52 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oxley (Qld). Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 13.5% were employed part-time and 15.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

For information on the Community Development Programme (CDP) please refer to the Census Data Dictionary. CDP data is available in TableBuilder.

The only responses for occupations for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Oxley (Qld) were Professionals 23.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Managers 13.5%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Oxley (Qld), the most common industries of employment were Takeaway Food Services 16.0%, Central Government Administration 12.0%, State Government Administration 12.0%, Primary Education 12.0% and Secondary Education 12.0%.

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Oxley (Qld) was $771 and the median weekly household income was $1,895.

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In Oxley (Qld), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 85.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 47.1% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Oxley (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom and 1.5 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Oxley (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Oxley (Qld), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 19.6% were a couple family with no children, 37.5% were a couple family with children and 23.2% were a one parent family.

In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

Dwelling structure

In Oxley (Qld) there were 60 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 87.7% were separate houses, 12.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Oxley (Qld), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 8.8% were owned outright, 35.1% were owned with a mortgage and 56.1% were rented.