Lower Mitcham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,063 people in Lower Mitcham of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Mitcham was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Lower Mitcham aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Mitcham was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Lower Mitcham, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Mitcham was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Lower Mitcham 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 27.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Mitcham were English 29.8%, Australian 27.6%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.8% and German 4.8%.

In Lower Mitcham, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.0%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6% and Italy 0.6%.

In Lower Mitcham, 59.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Mitcham were No Religion 29.4%, Catholic 17.8%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Eastern Orthodox 3.9%.

In Lower Mitcham 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.4%, Italian 1.7%, Mandarin 0.8%, Cantonese 0.7% and Korean 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Mitcham. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 38.1% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Mitcham, 17.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Mitcham was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Mitcham included Professionals 35.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Managers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Lower Mitcham, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 5.4%, Tertiary Education 4.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.2% and Allied Health Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Mitcham was $690.

In Lower Mitcham, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.3%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train 4.4%, Bus 3.4% and Bicycle 2.4%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Mitcham, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Lower Mitcham, 31.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Mitcham, 49.4% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Lower Mitcham 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Mitcham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,716 and those without children was $2,328.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Mitcham, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 30.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Mitcham, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Mitcham, 80.7% were separate houses, 11.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lower Mitcham, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 23.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Mitcham, 43.2% were owned outright, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Mitcham, of all households, 68.7% were family households, 28.8% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Lower Mitcham, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Lower Mitcham, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Mitcham, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Lower Mitcham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Lower Mitcham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.