Mile End

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,413 people in Mile End of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mile End was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Mile End aged 15 years and over, 34.1% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mile End was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mile End, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mile End was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mile End 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.3% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 41.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mile End were English 19.6%, Australian 18.6%, Greek 11.2%, Italian 7.1% and Irish 5.8%.

In Mile End, 63.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 5.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.8%, England 2.8%, Italy 2.5% and Malaysia 1.7%.

In Mile End, 42.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mile End were No Religion 29.9%, Catholic 19.6%, Eastern Orthodox 14.7%, Anglican 6.5% and Islam 3.9%.

In Mile End 61.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 12.0%, Italian 4.0%, Mandarin 3.9%, Arabic 1.6% and Cantonese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 2,345 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mile End. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mile End, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mile End was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Mile End included Professionals 29.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Managers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Mile End, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.4%, School Education 5.6%, State Government Administration 3.2%, Hospitals 3.2% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mile End was $546.

In Mile End, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.4%, Bus 12.4%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 4.8% and Bicycle 2.8%. On the day, 15.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mile End, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Mile End, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mile End, 38.3% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Mile End 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mile End, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,294 and those without children was $2,174.

Employment status of couple families

In Mile End, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mile End, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mile End, 56.8% were separate houses, 28.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mile End, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 35.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mile End, 25.6% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 45.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mile End, of all households, 58.6% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 11.5% were group households.

In Mile End, 29.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Mile End, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mile End, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 58.3%) were male and 25 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Mile End, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $687.

In Mile End, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $162 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $979.