Oakhurst

22.5% of Oakhurst's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

507 family households lived in Oakhurst; 46.9% were couple families and 8.7% were one-parent families.

41.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Oakhurst had 1,717 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.9% of occupied private dwellings in Oakhurst.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

58.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Oakhurst had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 13.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 39.3%, while 30.9% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

75.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 17.1% of the total.

80.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.2% reported a different address.

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

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

2.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

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

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Oakhurst.

Australian ancestry made up 45.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 57.9%.

Median household income was $1,837 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $345 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in Oakhurst, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 7.7% in Oakhurst, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.