Mitcham
71,267 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 76 km², 29 suburbs. Council website: mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
71,267
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year
Density
944/km²
76 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.0M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$41
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.8 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
29
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 42
- Median household income
- $1,996/week
- Median rent
- $335/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,981/month
- Households renting
- 17.5%
- Average household
- 2.6 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
29 suburbs where Mitcham holds most residents, plus 3 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belair | 4,718 | All | $1.5MJune 2026 | 1% / 100% | 10 |
| Coromandel Valley | 4,380 | 30% | $1.2MJune 2026 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Blackwood (SA) | 4,266 | All | $1.1MJune 2026 | 6% / 100% | 9 |
| Hawthorndene | 3,389 | All | $1.1MJune 2026 | 3% / 100% | 10 |
| Colonel Light Gardens | 3,311 | All | $1.7MJune 2026 | 19% / 0% | 10 |
| Craigburn Farm | 3,099 | All | $1.7MJune 2026 | 3% / 100% | 10 |
| Pasadena | 3,073 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | 14% / 38% | 8 |
| Eden Hills | 3,020 | All | $1.3MJune 2026 | 6% / 100% | 9 |
| St Marys (SA) | 3,010 | All | $1.1MJune 2026 | 28% / 42% | 6 |
| Bellevue Heights | 2,712 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | 5% / 100% | 9 |
| Daw Park | 2,705 | All | $1.4MJune 2026 | 33% / 0% | 7 |
| Torrens Park | 2,687 | All | $2.5MJune 2026 | – / 57% | 10 |
| Cumberland Park | 2,571 | All | $1.5MJune 2026 | 21% / 0% | 9 |
| Westbourne Park | 2,564 | All | $1.9MJune 2026 | 17% / 0% | 10 |
| Kingswood (SA) | 2,554 | All | $2.2MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Panorama | 2,388 | All | $1.4MJune 2026 | 16% / 63% | 9 |
| Clarence Gardens | 2,373 | All | $1.5MJune 2026 | 21% / 0% | 9 |
| Melrose Park (SA) | 2,319 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | 30% / 0% | 7 |
| Hawthorn (SA) | 2,221 | All | $1.8MJune 2026 | 21% / 0% | 10 |
| Lower Mitcham | 2,187 | All | $2.0MJune 2026 | 10% / 0% | 10 |
| Glenalta | 2,039 | All | $1.2MJune 2026 | 7% / 100% | 10 |
| Bedford Park | 1,882 | All | $900kJune 2026 | – / 98% | |
| Mitcham (SA) | 1,832 | All | $2.2MJune 2026 | – / 77% | 10 |
| Clapham | 1,685 | All | $1.3MJune 2026 | 29% / 9% | 10 |
| Netherby (SA) | 1,510 | All | $1.8MJune 2026 | – / 6% | 10 |
| Crafers West | 1,307 | 6% | $1.4MJune 2026 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Urrbrae | 1,070 | All | $1.4MMar 2026 | 0% / 54% | 10 |
| Upper Sturt | 1,005 | 17% | $1.1MJune 2026 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Springfield (SA) | 548 | All | $2.6MJune 2026 | 13% / 86% | 10 |
| Lynton | 222 | All | $1.9MJune 2026 | 18% / 100% | 10 |
| Brown Hill Creek | 71 | All | $1.0MJune 2015 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
| Leawood Gardens | 57 | 69% | $1.6MDec 2024 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Flood planning land
14%
Over 24 of 32 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 29 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending June 2015 to June 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $900k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.5M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.6M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Boothby · Louise MILLER-FROST (ALP)88%
- Mayo · Rebekha SHARKIE (XEN)12%
State districts
- Waite · Catherine Hutchesson (ALP)50%
- Elder · Nadia Clancy (ALP)36%
- Unley · David Pisoni (LIB)11%
- Davenport · Erin Thompson (ALP)3%
- Heysen · Josh Teague (LIB)1%
- Bragg · Vickie Chapman (LIB)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.