Oakville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,848 people in Oakville of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Oakville was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Oakville aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oakville was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Oakville, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oakville was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Oakville 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 21.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oakville were Australian 27.3%, English 27.1%, Maltese 11.3%, Irish 7.4% and Scottish 4.8%.

In Oakville, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malta 4.1%, England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, Italy 0.9% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%.

In Oakville, 56.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oakville were Catholic 42.6%, Anglican 27.4%, No Religion 10.8%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Oakville 86.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 4.7%, Italian 1.3%, Mandarin 1.2%, Croatian 1.2% and Arabic 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,034 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oakville. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oakville, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oakville was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Oakville included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Managers 16.6%, Professionals 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Labourers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Oakville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.7%, Building Installation Services 4.3%, Residential Building Construction 3.7%, School Education 2.7% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oakville was $613.

In Oakville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Truck 6.9%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Train 2.8% and Walked only 2.8%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oakville, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Oakville, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oakville, 52.2% were couple families with children, 36.7% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Oakville 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oakville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,419 and those without children was $2,111.

Employment status of couple families

In Oakville, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 27.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oakville, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oakville, 97.2% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Oakville, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 4.4% had 2 bedrooms and 29.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oakville, 46.6% were owned outright, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Oakville, of all households, 87.0% were family households, 11.6% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Oakville, 13.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.8% 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 Oakville, 13.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oakville, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 45.5%) were male and 12 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Oakville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,924.

In Oakville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.