Oak Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,771 people in Oak Park of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Oak Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Oak Park aged 15 years and over, 50.6% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Oak Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oak Park was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Oak Park 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 25.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oak Park were Australian 21.2%, English 18.3%, Italian 9.4%, Irish 6.9% and Scottish 4.8%.

In Oak Park, 65.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.9%, Italy 3.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.8%, Turkey 1.7% and England 1.6%.

In Oak Park, 43.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oak Park were Catholic 36.0%, No Religion 20.0%, Anglican 8.3%, Islam 5.8% and Eastern Orthodox 5.0%.

In Oak Park 63.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.2%, Turkish 2.9%, Arabic 2.8%, Mandarin 2.6% and Greek 2.3%.

Employment

There were 3,036 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oak Park. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oak Park, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oak Park was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Oak Park included Professionals 23.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Managers 11.4%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Labourers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Oak Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 3.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.8% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oak Park was $609.

In Oak Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Train 13.3%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Walked only 1.3% and Train, tram 1.3%. On the day, 18.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oak Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Oak Park, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oak Park, 44.9% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Oak Park 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oak Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,409 and those without children was $2,270.

Employment status of couple families

In Oak Park, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oak Park, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oak Park, 69.2% were separate houses, 24.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Oak Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oak Park, 37.7% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Oak Park, of all households, 71.7% were family households, 23.6% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Oak Park, 21.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 Oak Park, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oak Park, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 61.1%) were male and 7 (or 38.9%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Oak Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Oak Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,503.