Mickleham

29.3% of Mickleham's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

4,616 family households lived in Mickleham; 62.1% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

61.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Mickleham had 17,452 residents at the 2021 Census.

43.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

9.1% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Separate houses made up 98.2% of occupied private dwellings in Mickleham.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

8.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

68.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Mickleham had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 10.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Two-person households represented 22.9%, while 43.4% had four or more usual residents.

15.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

64.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 26.0% of the total.

72.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

20.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 80.0% reported a different address.

44.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

37.5% of residents used only English at home.

56.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 3.4% spoke Hindi.

44.9% of Mickleham's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 55.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

16.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 73.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.6% of ancestry responses in Mickleham.

Australian ancestry made up 15.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

15.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

40.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

74.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 2.9% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.6%.

Median household income was $1,968 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 15.8% in Mickleham, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 8.8% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Renting accounted for 23.2% in Mickleham, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.