Ocean View

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 817 people in Ocean View of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ocean View was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Ocean View aged 15 years and over, 62.6% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ocean View was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Ocean View, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ocean View was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Ocean View 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.8% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 11.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ocean View were English 32.3%, Australian 24.8%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 8.7% and German 6.3%.

In Ocean View, 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 3.1%, South Africa 1.6%, Germany 1.1% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Ocean View, 62.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ocean View were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 16.6%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Ocean View 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1%, Dutch 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.7% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 397 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ocean View. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ocean View, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ocean View was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Ocean View included Professionals 27.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Managers 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Labourers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Ocean View, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.3%, School Education 3.7%, Central Government Administration 3.4%, State Government Administration 3.4% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ocean View was $687.

In Ocean View, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Train, car as driver 3.7%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Bus 1.3% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ocean View, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Ocean View, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ocean View, 44.1% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Ocean View 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ocean View, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $2,225.

Employment status of couple families

In Ocean View, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ocean View, 82.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ocean View, 98.9% 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 Ocean View, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ocean View, 38.0% were owned outright, 53.4% were owned with a mortgage and 7.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Ocean View, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 16.5% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Ocean View, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.3% 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 Ocean View, 25.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ocean View, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Ocean View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Ocean View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.