Mitchells Island

11.3% of Mitchells Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

134 family households lived in Mitchells Island; 27.6% were couple families and 14.9% were one-parent families.

21.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Mitchells Island had 462 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 96.4% of occupied private dwellings in Mitchells Island.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

63.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

27.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Mitchells Island had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 17.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 53.3%, while 18.2% had four or more usual residents.

15.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 23.8% of the total.

78.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.2% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

82.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.4% of Mitchells Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.1% of ancestry responses in Mitchells Island.

Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

15.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 18.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

19.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

42.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

10.6% reported asthma, 15.2% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.4%.

Median household income was $1,304 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,244.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 15.8% in Mitchells Island, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 63.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 9.1% in Mitchells Island, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.