Oakleigh East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,972 people in Oakleigh East of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Oakleigh East was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Oakleigh East aged 15 years and over, 47.5% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oakleigh East was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Oakleigh East, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oakleigh East was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Oakleigh East 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.5% were in primary school, 14.5% in secondary school and 40.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oakleigh East were Australian 13.8%, English 13.2%, Chinese 10.9%, Greek 10.5% and Italian 9.9%.

In Oakleigh East, 47.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.2%, India 5.4%, Greece 5.2%, Italy 5.0% and Sri Lanka 3.1%.

In Oakleigh East, 25.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oakleigh East were Catholic 27.1%, No Religion 20.6%, Eastern Orthodox 13.8%, Anglican 5.7% and Buddhism 5.2%.

In Oakleigh East 44.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 10.7%, Mandarin 8.1%, Italian 7.7%, Cantonese 2.4% and Sinhalese 2.1%.

Employment

There were 3,018 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oakleigh East. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oakleigh East, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oakleigh East was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Oakleigh East included Professionals 25.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Managers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Oakleigh East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Tertiary Education 3.9%, School Education 3.6%, Hospitals 3.4% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oakleigh East was $519.

In Oakleigh East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.5%, Train 6.2%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bus 2.7% and Train, car as driver 2.2%. On the day, 17.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oakleigh East, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.8% 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 Oakleigh East, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oakleigh East, 45.0% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Oakleigh East 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oakleigh East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,282 and those without children was $2,053.

Employment status of couple families

In Oakleigh East, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oakleigh East, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oakleigh East, 63.0% were separate houses, 9.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Oakleigh East, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 56.0% 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 Oakleigh East, 34.4% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 34.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Oakleigh East, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 9.3% were group households.

In Oakleigh East, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Oakleigh East, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oakleigh East, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 31.2%) were male and 11 (or 68.8%) 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 Oakleigh East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Oakleigh East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.