Oakey

20.1% of Oakey's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,227 family households lived in Oakey; 35.9% were couple families and 24.4% were one-parent families.

39.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Oakey had 4,756 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 92.1% of occupied private dwellings in Oakey.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

34.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

29.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Oakey had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.8% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

57.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

9.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.3% of Oakey's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.8% of ancestry responses in Oakey.

Australian ancestry made up 42.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

7.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.3% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.8%.

Median household income was $1,213 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,238.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $265 per week.

Working from home was 4.9% in Oakey, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 36.4% in Oakey, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.