Mitcham

17.7% of Mitcham's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

4,708 family households lived in Mitcham; 48.6% were couple families and 13.0% were one-parent families.

38.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

Mitcham had 16,795 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 62.8% of occupied private dwellings in Mitcham.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 32.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

35.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

36.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Mitcham had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 31.9%, while 25.4% had four or more usual residents.

37.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

39.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

3.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

6.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 41.5% of the total.

52.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.1% reported a different address.

33.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

65.7% of residents used only English at home.

31.8% used a language other than English at home.

10.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

33.6% of Mitcham's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.4% was born in Australia.

7.9% of residents were born in China.

3.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.1% of ancestry responses in Mitcham.

Australian ancestry made up 27.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 18.9% of responses.

34.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.4%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

39.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

64.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

38.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.7%.

Median household income was $2,030 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $406 per week.

Working from home was 37.1% in Mitcham, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 35.6% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 27.9% in Mitcham, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.