Oak Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 420 people in Oak Valley of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Oak Valley was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Oak Valley aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oak Valley was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Oak Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% 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 Oak Valley was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Oak Valley 35.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oak Valley were Australian 33.8%, English 28.5%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 6.7% and German 5.2%.

In Oak Valley, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Germany 3.6%, England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.4%, Denmark 1.0% and Japan 1.0%.

In Oak Valley, 73.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oak Valley were No Religion 26.1%, Catholic 19.4%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Christian, nfd 5.7%.

In Oak Valley 85.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.9%, Dutch 0.9%, Danish 0.9% and Vietnamese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oak Valley. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oak Valley, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oak Valley was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Oak Valley included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Professionals 11.9%, Labourers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0% and Managers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Oak Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.5%, Building Installation Services 5.0%, Residential Building Construction 4.0%, Hospitals 4.0% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oak Valley was $653.

In Oak Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 4.5%, Bus 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oak Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Valley, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oak Valley, 55.4% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

In Oak Valley 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oak Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,178 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Oak Valley, of couple families with children, 33.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oak Valley, 84.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oak Valley, 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 Oak Valley, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oak Valley, 46.7% were owned outright, 45.8% were owned with a mortgage and 7.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Oak Valley, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Oak Valley, 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Valley, 19.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oak Valley, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Oak Valley, 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.