Oakbank Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Oakbank (5243) is a suburb of Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It is about 23 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Oakbank is in the federal electorate of Mayo.

In the 2011 census the population of Oakbank was 923 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Oakbank is 43 years of age.

85.8% of people living in the suburb of Oakbank were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.4% England, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.7% Germany, 0.5% Bulgaria, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Canada, 0.4% United States of America.

93.4% of people living in Oakbank speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Italian, 1.1% German, 0.7% Other, 0.4% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Oakbank is 34.2% No religion, 15.8% Uniting Church, 14.7% Anglican, 11.5% Catholic, 8.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.5% Lutheran, 1.5% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Other religious affiliation , 1.2% Baptist, 0.9% Other Christian.

56.9% of people are married, 30.3% have never married and 8.1% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 21 widowed people living in Oakbank.

54.9% of the people living in Oakbank over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 37.3% are working on a part time basis. Oakbank has an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Oakbank are 20.0% Professionals, 18.5% Managers, 15.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Technicians & trades workers, 11.5% Sales workers, 10.4% Community & personal service workers, 8.9% Labourers, 2.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Oakbank work in are 11.7% Health care and social assistance, 11.1% Retail trade, 10.0% Education and training, 8.5% Manufacturing, 8.1% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 7.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.8% Accommodation and food services, 6.0% Construction, 5.6% Financial and insurance services.

41.7% of homes are fully owned, and 38.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 18.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $655 per week and the median household income is $1447 per week.

The median rent in Oakbank is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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