Mitchell (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,187 people in Mitchell (NSW) of these 68.0% were male and 32.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mitchell (NSW) was 22 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 3.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.7% of the population.

Of people in Mitchell (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 14.6% were married and 5.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mitchell (NSW) was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Mitchell (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 13.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mitchell (NSW) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 22 years.

In Mitchell (NSW) 88.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 1.0% were in primary school, 1.0% in secondary school and 48.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mitchell (NSW) were Australian 20.6%, English 20.5%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 5.5% and German 2.4%.

In Mitchell (NSW), 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%, England 1.3%, Vietnam 1.1% and Fiji 0.8%.

In Mitchell (NSW), 71.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mitchell (NSW) were No Religion 17.6%, Catholic 17.3%, Anglican 11.4%, Uniting Church 2.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.4%.

In Mitchell (NSW) 54.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Mandarin 0.8%, Greek 0.6%, Bengali 0.5% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 336 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mitchell (NSW). Of these 17.0% were employed full time, 47.9% were employed part-time and 22.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mitchell (NSW), 47.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 10.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mitchell (NSW) was 26 years and for people who were employed part-time was 20 years.

The most common occupations in Mitchell (NSW) included Community and Personal Service Workers 30.4%, Sales Workers 21.3%, Labourers 19.0%, Professionals 10.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3%, Managers 2.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Mitchell (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 13.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 9.5%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 8.4%, Accommodation 8.0% and Tertiary Education 6.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mitchell (NSW) was $224.

In Mitchell (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 32.2%, Walked only 11.1%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bus 1.9% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mitchell (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 36.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 5.8% provided care for children and 2.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Mitchell (NSW), 10.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 1.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mitchell (NSW), 26.2% were couple families with children, 21.4% were couple families without children and 52.4% were one parent families.

In Mitchell (NSW) 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mitchell (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Mitchell (NSW), of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 34.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mitchell (NSW), 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mitchell (NSW), 22.3% were separate houses, 52.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mitchell (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 35.2% had 1 bedroom, 27.0% had 2 bedrooms and 24.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mitchell (NSW), 7.6% were owned outright, 8.4% were owned with a mortgage and 80.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mitchell (NSW), of all households, 37.4% were family households, 48.8% were single person households and 13.8% were group households.

In Mitchell (NSW), 58.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Mitchell (NSW), 47.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 12.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mitchell (NSW), there were 151 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 136 (or 90.1%) were male and 15 (or 9.9%) were female. The median age was 28 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Mitchell (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Mitchell (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.