Oran Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 195 people in Oran Park of these 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Oran Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Oran Park aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oran Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Oran Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oran Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Oran Park 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.5% were in primary school, 10.9% in secondary school and 23.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oran Park were Australian 34.4%, English 23.0%, Italian 7.8%, Croatian 4.7% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Oran Park, 76.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Chile 1.5%, Croatia 1.5%, Denmark 1.5%, Egypt 1.5% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.5%.

In Oran Park, 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oran Park were Catholic 41.8%, Anglican 21.9%, No Religion 10.2%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Oran Park 80.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.5%, Greek 1.5%, Italian 1.5%, Maltese 1.5% and Macedonian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 104 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oran Park. Of these 72.1% were employed full time, 19.2% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oran Park, 3.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oran Park was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Oran Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Managers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Professionals 15.2%, Labourers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Oran Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 9.0%, Residential Building Construction 8.0%, Allied Health Services 5.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.0% and Other Wood Product Manufacturing 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oran Park was $700.

In Oran Park, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.7%, Train, car as driver 6.1%, Car, as passenger 4.0% and Truck 3.0%. On the day, 6.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oran Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.8% 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 Oran Park, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oran Park, 38.9% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Oran Park 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oran Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,562 and those without children was $2,156.

Employment status of couple families

In Oran Park, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oran Park, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oran Park, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Oran Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 30.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oran Park, 25.0% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 31.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Oran Park, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Oran Park, 12.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Oran Park, 19.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oran Park, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Oran Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Oran Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.