Mitchell Park (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 753 people in Mitchell Park (Vic.) of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mitchell Park (Vic.) was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Mitchell Park (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mitchell Park (Vic.) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mitchell Park (Vic.) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.) 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mitchell Park (Vic.) were Australian 35.2%, English 28.7%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 5.2% and Italian 3.0%.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3%, England 1.1%, Vietnam 0.7%, Japan 0.5% and Canada 0.4%.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), 82.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mitchell Park (Vic.) were Catholic 27.5%, No Religion 27.0%, Anglican 12.9%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.) 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 1.2%, Vietnamese 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5%, German 0.4% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 431 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mitchell Park (Vic.). Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mitchell Park (Vic.), 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mitchell Park (Vic.) was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Mitchell Park (Vic.) included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.8%, Labourers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Professionals 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Managers 9.0%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Mitchell Park (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.5%, Local Government Administration 3.5%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.0%, Road Freight Transport 3.0% and Fruit and Vegetable Processing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mitchell Park (Vic.) was $558.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.4%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Other 1.0%, Walked only 1.0% and Taxi 0.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Park (Vic.), 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mitchell Park (Vic.), 42.9% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.) 9.1% of single parents were male and 90.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mitchell Park (Vic.), 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 4.8% had 2 bedrooms and 67.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mitchell Park (Vic.), 30.9% were owned outright, 45.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), of all households, 77.6% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), 24.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Park (Vic.), 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 33.3%) were male and 8 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Park (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Mitchell Park (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,473.