Mitchell Park

17.4% of Mitchell Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

228 family households lived in Mitchell Park; 42.5% were couple families and 20.2% were one-parent families.

40.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Mitchell Park had 887 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.0% of occupied private dwellings in Mitchell Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

33.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

39.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Mitchell Park had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 26.8% had four or more usual residents.

9.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

67.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 29.6% of the total.

63.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.5% reported a different address.

8.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

3.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.0% of Mitchell Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.0% was born in Australia.

2.8% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.2% of ancestry responses in Mitchell Park.

Australian ancestry made up 44.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.5% of responses.

12.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.2%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

50.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.0% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.5%.

Median household income was $1,332 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $263 per week.

Working from home was 9.5% in Mitchell Park, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 33.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 27.1% in Mitchell Park, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..