The Oaks

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,583 people were counted in The Oaks: of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks there were 465 children aged 0-14 years and 190 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, 1,472 people were Australian citizens, 145 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, 61.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.1% were separated or divorced, 3.5% were widowed and 27.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, 87.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within The Oaks were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.4% and Fiji 0.3%.

Of all people counted in The Oaks on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 37.9%, Catholic 33.7%, No Religion 9.9%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.7%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Macedonian 0.3% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 791 people aged 15 years and over in The Oaks were in the labour force. Of these 62.7% worked full-time, 29.5% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.3% were unemployed. 317 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 12.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.7%, Professionals 7.7%, Associate Professionals 6.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in The Oaks, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 5.7%, Education 5.1%, Food Retailing 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4% and Health Services 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, 439 families were counted: of these, 24.6% were couple families without children, 64.0% were couple families with children, 10.7% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, 502 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in The Oaks, 91.8% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 48.4% were being purchased and 12.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 65.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in The Oaks, 86.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.0% were single (or lone) person households and 0.8% were group households.