Mitchell

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 27,022 people were counted in Mitchell: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 2.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell there were 6,961 children aged 0-14 years and 4,112 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, 24,614 people were Australian citizens, 4,020 were born overseas and 63 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, 55.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.6% were separated or divorced, 3.7% were widowed and 30.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, 81.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mitchell were England 6.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 0.7%, Italy 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Mitchell on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.9%, Catholic 23.8%, No Religion 20.4%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Baptist 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Polish 0.2%, Malay 0.2% and German 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,291 people aged 15 years and over in Mitchell were in the labour force. Of these 57.2% worked full-time, 32.4% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.7% were unemployed. 6,338 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Professionals 7.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.3%, Associate Professionals 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mitchell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.5%, Food Retailing 4.2%, Education 4.2%, Business Services 4.1% and Construction Trade Services 3.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, 7,507 families were counted: of these, 34.5% were couple families without children, 50.3% were couple families with children, 14.1% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, 9,464 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mitchell, 92.7% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, 31.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 42.3% were being purchased and 22.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 42.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mitchell, 78.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.