Mitchells Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 307 people in Mitchells Flat of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mitchells Flat was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Mitchells Flat aged 15 years and over, 65.5% were married and 6.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mitchells Flat was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mitchells Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mitchells Flat was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mitchells Flat 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mitchells Flat were Australian 47.3%, English 24.3%, Irish 6.9%, German 6.6% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Mitchells Flat, 91.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.3% and Papua New Guinea 1.3%.

In Mitchells Flat, 89.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mitchells Flat were Anglican 31.5%, Catholic 30.2%, Uniting Church 14.0%, No Religion 9.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Mitchells Flat 98.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 161 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mitchells Flat. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 36.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Mitchells Flat, 16.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mitchells Flat was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Mitchells Flat included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Managers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Professionals 10.4%, Sales Workers 7.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5% and Labourers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Mitchells Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 21.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.8%, School Education 4.9%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 4.3% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mitchells Flat was $670.

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In Mitchells Flat, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 1.9% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mitchells Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 44.5% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.4% 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 Mitchells Flat, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mitchells Flat, 57.1% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 7.1% were one parent families.

In Mitchells Flat 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mitchells Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $2,333.

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Employment status of couple families

In Mitchells Flat, of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 7.8% had both employed part-time and 40.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mitchells Flat, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mitchells Flat, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Mitchells Flat, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mitchells Flat, 42.0% were owned outright, 43.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mitchells Flat, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Mitchells Flat, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Mitchells Flat, 11.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mitchells Flat, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Mitchells Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mitchells Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.