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Oak Park

Oak Park is bound by generally by Rhodes Parade/Barina Road/Victoria Street in the north, generally by Devon Road/Pascoe Vale Road/Main Street in the south, Moonee Ponds Creek in the west and generally by Watt Avenue in the east. The Oak Park Profile covers social demographics from the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing.

The enumerated population count for Oak Park in the 2006 census was 4554.

Some key differences between Oak Park and the City of Moreland are:

Population and age

Oak Park has a larger percentage of people aged12 to 17 years old (12.6%) and 70 to 84 years old (12.6%), compared to the City of Moreland (5.9% and 10.7% respectively).

Oak Park has a smaller percentage of people aged 25 to 34 years old (14.6%), compared to the City of Moreland (18.3%).

Country of birth

A larger percentage of Oak Park residents stated they were born in Australia (71.2%), compared to the City of Moreland (60.3%).

The Top 10 countries of birth for Oak Park (excluding Australia) were Italy, United Kingdom, Greece, China, Turkey, India, Sri Lanka, Malta, Egypt and Vietnam.

A smaller percentage of Oak Park residents were born in Italy (3.7%) and Greece (1.5%), compared to Moreland overall (7.4% and 3% respectively).

Languages

A larger percentage of Oak Park residents speak English only at home (71.2%), compared to the City of Moreland (54.6%).

The Top 10 languages spoken at home in Oak Park (other than English) are Italian, Greek, Arabic, Turkish, Mandarin, Sinhalese, Hindi, Cantonese, Maltese, and Vietnamese.

A smaller percentage of Oak Park residents speak Italian (5.8%), Greek (2.4%) and Arabic (2.4%) compared to Moreland overall (11.7%, 6.3% and 6% respectively).

Religion

The main religions represented by Oak Park residents are Catholicism (38.7%), Anglican (11.7%), Orthodox (5.1%), Uniting Church (4.6%), Islam (3.9%), and Presbyterian and Reformed (2.6%).

Transport

Larger percentages of Oak Park residents (65.7%) used private cars (either as driver or passenger) to get to work than the City of Moreland average (56.7%).

A larger percentage of Oak Park households have two or more vehicles (46.8%), compared to the City of Moreland (29.3%).