Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Mitchell Park VIC 3355

791 addresses · 57 streets

Ballarat Electorate › Ballarat LGA › Mitchell Park · 108 km from Melbourne

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Mitchell Park moving guide

Living Here

Mitchell Park is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 887 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,332 a week, with median rent near $263 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $440,000.

887Population
37Median age
$1,332Median household income / wk
$263Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Wendouree - Miners Rest statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mitchell Park itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Wendouree, 3.2 km south-east · Tram stop: Zoo Drive, 3.9 km south-east · Railway halt: Invermay Miniature Railway, 6.6 km east · Bus interchange: Ballarat Station, 7.1 km south-east.

Run a business in Mitchell Park? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs2/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

$440,000House · 2024

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 2.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mitchell Park

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Mitchell Park VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20213.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 59.2%

Population by age in Mitchell Park
Population by age, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-443
5-14111
15-1957
20-2462
25-34151
35-4490
45-54125
55-6499
65-7486
75-8441
85+19
Dwelling types in Mitchell Park
Dwelling types, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House298
Townhouse31
Apartment8
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mitchell Park
Households by weekly income, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$65070
$650-1,49996
$1,500-2,99992
$3,000+41
Top ancestries in Mitchell Park
Top ancestries, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Australian398
English339
Irish135
Scottish91
Ancestry NS61
German37
Housing tenure in Mitchell Park
Housing tenure, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned110
Mortgage127
Rented88
Other0
Cars per household in Mitchell Park
Cars per household, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
020
197
2114
348
4+46
Commute to work in Mitchell Park
Commute to work, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car303
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle4
Home39
Top countries of birth in Mitchell Park
Top countries of birth, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
China25
England15
New Zealand9
Philippines6
Netherlands4
Sri Lanka3
Languages used at home in Mitchell Park
Languages used at home, Mitchell Park VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin31
Tamil4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

166,650 bird observations recorded near Mitchell Park — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mitchell Park

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Mitchell Park:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Mitchell Park stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Mitchell Park

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Novakreo · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).