Oaklands Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,289 people in Oaklands Park of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Oaklands Park was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.1% of the population.

Of people in Oaklands Park aged 15 years and over, 36.0% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oaklands Park was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Oaklands Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.3% 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 Oaklands Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Oaklands Park 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.0% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 34.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oaklands Park were English 28.8%, Australian 25.8%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 6.6% and German 5.7%.

In Oaklands Park, 70.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%, Netherlands 1.8%, India 1.5% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Oaklands Park, 57.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oaklands Park were No Religion 27.9%, Catholic 19.8%, Anglican 12.6%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Lutheran 2.6%.

In Oaklands Park 79.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.1%, Dutch 1.3%, Arabic 1.2%, Greek 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,466 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oaklands Park. Of these 55.3% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oaklands Park, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oaklands Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Oaklands Park included Professionals 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Labourers 10.5%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Oaklands Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, School Education 4.3%, Residential Care Services 4.3% and State Government Administration 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oaklands Park was $455.

In Oaklands Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.5%, Train 9.0%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Walked only 3.2% and Bus 2.6%. On the day, 13.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oaklands Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.5% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Oaklands Park, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oaklands Park, 27.8% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 22.3% were one parent families.

In Oaklands Park 21.0% of single parents were male and 79.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oaklands Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,009 and those without children was $1,793.

Employment status of couple families

In Oaklands Park, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oaklands Park, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oaklands Park, 44.0% were separate houses, 33.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 22.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Oaklands Park, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 37.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oaklands Park, 26.4% were owned outright, 22.7% were owned with a mortgage and 47.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Oaklands Park, of all households, 52.0% were family households, 42.9% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Oaklands Park, 38.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Oaklands Park, 46.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oaklands Park, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 49.3%) were male and 36 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Oaklands Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $516.

In Oaklands Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $139 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.