Oxford Falls

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 442 people in Oxford Falls of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Oxford Falls was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 36.3% of the population.

Of people in Oxford Falls aged 15 years and over, 64.2% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oxford Falls was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Oxford Falls, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oxford Falls was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Oxford Falls 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oxford Falls were English 34.3%, Australian 29.0%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 5.8% and German 2.2%.

In Oxford Falls, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, New Zealand 2.3%, Italy 1.8%, Germany 1.4% and Philippines 0.9%.

In Oxford Falls, 57.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oxford Falls were Anglican 32.5%, No Religion 19.0%, Catholic 18.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.1% and Uniting Church 4.5%.

In Oxford Falls 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.6%, Serbian 1.6% and German 1.4%.

Employment

There were 159 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oxford Falls. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oxford Falls, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oxford Falls was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Oxford Falls included Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.3%, Managers 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Professionals 17.4%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Sales Workers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Oxford Falls, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.9%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oxford Falls was $525.

In Oxford Falls, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Bus 3.2%, Walked only 3.2% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oxford Falls, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Oxford Falls, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oxford Falls, 40.7% were couple families with children, 54.5% were couple families without children and 4.9% were one parent families.

In Oxford Falls 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oxford Falls, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Oxford Falls, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oxford Falls, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oxford Falls, 47.6% were separate houses, 50.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Oxford Falls, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 39.9% had 2 bedrooms and 33.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oxford Falls, 44.4% were owned outright, 20.1% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Oxford Falls, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 28.7% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Oxford Falls, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Oxford Falls, 46.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oxford Falls, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 58 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 Oxford Falls, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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