Oaks Estate

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 308 people were counted in Oaks Estate: of these 61.7% were male and 38.3% were female. Of the total population 2.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate there were 62 children aged 0-14 years and 45 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, 255 people were Australian citizens, 48 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, 25.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 23.4% were separated or divorced, 5.7% were widowed and 44.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, 72.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Oaks Estate were England 3.9%, New Zealand 2.6%, Bulgaria 1.6%, Germany 1.0% and Latvia 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Oaks Estate on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.0%, Anglican 20.5%, No Religion 19.8%, Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9% and Orthodox 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Bulgarian 1.6%, Croatian 1.6%, Malay 1.3%, Greek 1.0% and Mandarin 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 77.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 132 people aged 15 years and over in Oaks Estate were in the labour force. Of these 56.8% worked full-time, 24.2% worked part-time, 4.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.4% were unemployed. 92 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Professionals 4.6%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.7% and Managers and Administrators 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Oaks Estate, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.4%, Construction Trade Services 4.2%, Government Administration 3.8%, Food Retailing 3.1% and Health Services 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, 48 families were counted: of these, 31.3% were couple families without children, 45.8% were couple families with children, 16.7% were one parent families and 6.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, 167 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Oaks Estate, 37.7% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 49.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, 18.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 9.6% were being purchased and 51.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 26.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 55.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 14.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Oaks Estate, 30.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 52.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.