Oxley Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,923 people in Oxley Park of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Oxley Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Oxley Park aged 15 years and over, 38.1% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oxley Park was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Oxley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oxley Park was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Oxley Park 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oxley Park were Australian 23.4%, English 21.6%, Irish 5.7%, Scottish 4.5% and Filipino 2.7%.

In Oxley Park, 64.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.9%, Philippines 2.5%, England 2.1%, Lebanon 1.2% and India 1.1%.

In Oxley Park, 46.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oxley Park were Catholic 32.9%, Anglican 19.2%, No Religion 12.5%, Islam 4.2% and Eastern Orthodox 3.0%.

In Oxley Park 68.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.7%, Greek 1.7%, Tagalog 1.6%, Samoan 1.4% and Tokelauan 1.2%.

Employment

There were 1,288 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oxley Park. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 21.5% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oxley Park, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oxley Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Oxley Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Labourers 12.7%, Professionals 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Managers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Oxley Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.9%, School Education 3.5%, Hospitals 3.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oxley Park was $513.

In Oxley Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train 5.8%, Train, car as driver 2.5% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 12.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oxley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.4% 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 Oxley Park, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oxley Park, 39.6% were couple families with children, 28.5% were couple families without children and 29.6% were one parent families.

In Oxley Park 13.4% of single parents were male and 86.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oxley Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,951 and those without children was $1,797.

Employment status of couple families

In Oxley Park, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oxley Park, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oxley Park, 62.7% were separate houses, 36.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Oxley Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 67.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oxley Park, 26.6% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 33.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Oxley Park, of all households, 74.4% were family households, 21.2% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Oxley Park, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Oxley Park, 40.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oxley Park, there were 79 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 39.2%) were male and 48 (or 60.8%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Oxley Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Oxley Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,410.