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Oakenden QLD 4741

238 addresses · 24 streets

Capricornia Electorate › Mackay LGA › Oakenden · 794 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Oakenden is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 424 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,367 a week, with median rent near $435 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

424Population
39Median age
$2,367Median household income / wk
$435Median rent / wk
3.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Walkerston - Eton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Oakenden itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs2/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 44.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Oakenden

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Oakenden QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202044.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202162.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 72.2%

Population by age in Oakenden
Population by age, Oakenden QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-431
5-1474
15-1940
20-2419
25-3436
35-4452
45-5461
55-6456
65-7437
75-8418
85+4
Dwelling types in Oakenden
Dwelling types, Oakenden QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House120
Townhouse14
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Oakenden
Households by weekly income, Oakenden QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$6503
$650-1,49922
$1,500-2,99935
$3,000+42
Top ancestries in Oakenden
Top ancestries, Oakenden QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian181
English176
Scottish54
Irish46
German39
Maltese33
Housing tenure in Oakenden
Housing tenure, Oakenden QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned44
Mortgage71
Rented12
Other0
Cars per household in Oakenden
Cars per household, Oakenden QLD (ABS Census 2021)
00
113
253
345
4+22
Commute to work in Oakenden
Commute to work, Oakenden QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car167
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked3
Bicycle0
Home29
Top countries of birth in Oakenden
Top countries of birth, Oakenden QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England9
New Zealand3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

69 bird observations recorded near Oakenden — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.