Oak Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,646 people were counted in Oak Park: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park there were 930 children aged 0-14 years and 1,188 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, 4,088 people were Australian citizens, 1,058 were born overseas and 18 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, 53.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.5% were separated or divorced, 7.4% were widowed and 29.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, 70.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Oak Park were Italy 4.2%, England 1.8%, Greece 1.2%, Malta 1.2% and Turkey 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Oak Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 37.7%, Anglican 14.0%, No Religion 13.3%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Orthodox 4.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 7.2%, Greek 2.3%, Turkish 1.9%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.3% and Spanish 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 70.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,043 people aged 15 years and over in Oak Park were in the labour force. Of these 61.8% worked full-time, 29.6% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.0% were unemployed. 1,457 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.2%, Professionals 9.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.4%, Managers and Administrators 3.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Oak Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.2%, Health Services 3.7%, Education 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3% and Construction Trade Services 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, 1,282 families were counted: of these, 35.4% were couple families without children, 46.0% were couple families with children, 16.1% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, 1,795 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Oak Park, 81.9% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, 50.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.8% were being purchased and 17.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 58.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Oak Park, 70.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.