Oak Valley Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Oak Valley (4811) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1095 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Oak Valley is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Oak Valley was 420 and is comprised of approximately 48.1% females and 51.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Oak Valley is 40 years of age.

78.6% of people living in the suburb of Oak Valley were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% Germany, 3.3% England, 1.7% New Zealand, 1.4% Belgium, 1.2% Indonesia.

85.3% of people living in Oak Valley speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% German, 1.4% Dutch, 0.7% Other, 0.7% Vietnamese, 0.7% Japanese.

The religious makeup of Oak Valley is 26.0% No religion, 19.3% Catholic, 17.9% Anglican, 13.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 9.3% Uniting Church, 5.7% Christian, nfd, 2.9% Baptist, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.2% Other religious affiliation , 1.0% Lutheran.

58.5% of people are married, 27.2% have never married and 7.4% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 9 widowed people living in Oak Valley.

61.2% of the people living in Oak Valley over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.7% are working on a part time basis. Oak Valley has an unemployment rate of 2.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Oak Valley are 19.0% Technicians & trades workers, 14.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.5% Sales workers, 11.5% Professionals, 11.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.5% Labourers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 6.0% Managers, 4.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Oak Valley work in are 18.2% Construction, 12.6% Health care and social assistance, 12.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 10.1% Retail trade, 9.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.6% Education and training, 7.6% Accommodation and food services, 6.6% Public administration and safety, 5.1% Manufacturing.

45.2% of homes are fully owned, and 45.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $653 per week and the median household income is $1796 per week.

The median rent in Oak Valley is $0 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2058 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Oak Valley postcode 4811