Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 57,391 people in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.4% were in primary school, 15.6% in secondary school and 35.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) were Australian 17.4%, English 17.1%, Greek 7.9%, Chinese 7.9% and Irish 6.8%.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 54.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 6.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.7%, Greece 3.7%, England 2.3% and Italy 1.7%.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 34.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) were No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 23.3%, Eastern Orthodox 10.8%, Anglican 7.8% and Hinduism 5.8%.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) 55.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 8.5%, Mandarin 5.6%, Italian 2.8%, Russian 2.6% and Cantonese 2.0%.

Employment

There were 31,172 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan). Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) included Professionals 30.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Managers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 4.4%, Hospitals 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.6% and Tertiary Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) was $618.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.7%, Train 16.0%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Walked only 2.3% and Train, tram 1.9%. On the day, 25.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 46.0% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,556 and those without children was $2,146.

Employment status of couple families

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 23.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 49.6% were separate houses, 18.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 31.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 11.7% had 1 bedroom, 31.8% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 30.9% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 37.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), of all households, 64.1% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.8% 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 Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), 43.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), there were 114 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57 (or 50.0%) were male and 57 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,093.

In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $802.