Mill Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 31,189 people were counted in Mill Park: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park there were 8,424 children aged 0-14 years and 3,053 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, 28,381 people were Australian citizens, 8,951 were born overseas and 94 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, 60.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.7% were separated or divorced, 2.8% were widowed and 29.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, 66.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mill Park were Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 4.0%, Italy 3.8%, Greece 2.5%, England 1.3% and India 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Mill Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 40.5%, Orthodox 18.5%, No Religion 9.6%, Anglican 7.7% and Islam 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 8.8%, Macedonian 7.8%, Greek 5.8%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 2.4% and Cantonese 1.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 56% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 15,523 people aged 15 years and over in Mill Park were in the labour force. Of these 63.0% worked full-time, 27.9% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.9% were unemployed. 6,625 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.2%, Professionals 8.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.3%, Associate Professionals 7.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.8%, Managers and Administrators 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mill Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.1%, Food Retailing 4.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4%, Health Services 4.2% and Education 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, 8,365 families were counted: of these, 20.5% were couple families without children, 66.2% were couple families with children, 12.2% 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 Mill Park, 9,408 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mill Park, 93.3% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, 41.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.6% were being purchased and 13.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 60.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 11.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mill Park, 87.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.1% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.