Mighell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 384 people in Mighell of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mighell was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.7% of the population.

Of people in Mighell aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mighell was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mighell, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mighell was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Mighell 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.7% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 12.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mighell were Australian 24.7%, English 18.9%, Italian 11.1%, Irish 7.8% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Mighell, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.6%, New Zealand 2.8%, Italy 2.6%, England 2.1% and Philippines 1.5%.

In Mighell, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mighell were Catholic 33.1%, Anglican 16.8%, No Religion 15.8%, Pentecostal 4.9% and Sikhism 4.7%.

In Mighell 83.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 4.7%, Italian 2.1%, Hmong 1.0%, German 0.8% and Tongan 0.8%.

Employment

There were 189 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mighell. Of these 50.3% were employed full time, 37.0% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mighell, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mighell was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Mighell included Labourers 25.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Professionals 10.9%, Managers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Mighell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 10.3%, Building Completion Services 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.0% and School Education 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mighell was $424.

In Mighell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.0%, Car, as passenger 13.1%, Walked only 8.0%, Bus 2.9% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mighell, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% 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 Mighell, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mighell, 37.8% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Mighell 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mighell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,194 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Mighell, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 10.7% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mighell, 97.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mighell, 59.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.3% were flats, units or apartments and 15.7% were other dwellings.

In Mighell, of occupied private dwellings 13.1% had 1 bedroom, 22.7% had 2 bedrooms and 31.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mighell, 34.1% were owned outright, 14.8% were owned with a mortgage and 47.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mighell, of all households, 49.2% were family households, 50.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mighell, 48.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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.

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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Mighell, 45.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mighell, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 60.9%) were male and 18 (or 39.1%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Mighell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $831.

In Mighell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $163.