Oak Flats

17.4% of Oak Flats's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1,949 family households lived in Oak Flats; 37.5% were couple families and 20.6% were one-parent families.

32.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Oak Flats had 6,840 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 82.2% of occupied private dwellings in Oak Flats.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

42.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Oak Flats had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.0%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

16.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

57.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 34.3% of the total.

61.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.5% reported a different address.

17.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

17.0% of Oak Flats's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.6% of ancestry responses in Oak Flats.

Australian ancestry made up 39.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

14.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

28.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.5%.

Median household income was $1,488 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 16.4% in Oak Flats, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 42.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 24.7% in Oak Flats, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.