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Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan) vs Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan)
State Electorate comparison ≈ 7.7 km apart · Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan) profile · Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) profile
Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan) Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan)
Thomastown and Mill Park are neighbouring areas in Melbourne's north with distinct cultural and structural profiles. Thomastown is far more diverse, with 48.3% of people born overseas and 62.6% using a language other than English at home. It also has a more walkable layout, where 77.6% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries, compared to 62.2% in Mill Park. Conversely, Mill Park has larger schools and more people working or looking for work (64.4% compared to 56.8% in Thomastown).
Both areas have a similar share of people moving into the region over the last five years, which sits around the national figure. They also share many commonalities, including an identical typical household size of 2.9 people and very similar levels of university qualifications. While the gap in overseas births and home languages has narrowed since 2016, the difference in high-income households has widened, with Mill Park now seeing a larger share of homes earning over $3,000 a week.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 92,430
- First area, 2016: 68,583
- First area, 2021: 71,427
- Second area, 2016: 68,632
- Second area, 2021: 82,511
- First area, 2011: 28 yrs
- First area, 2016: 35 yrs
- First area, 2021: 37 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 35 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 35 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 0.5% males, 1.0% females; 85+ in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 0.8% males, 1.1% females
- 80–84 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 0.7% males, 0.8% females; 80–84 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 1.0% males, 1.2% females
- 75–79 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 1.0% males, 1.1% females; 75–79 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 1.4% males, 1.5% females
- 70–74 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 1.7% males, 1.7% females; 70–74 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 1.8% males, 2.2% females
- 65–69 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 2.1% males, 2.3% females; 65–69 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 1.8% males, 2.2% females
- 60–64 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 2.7% males, 2.9% females; 60–64 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 2.0% males, 2.3% females
- 55–59 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.1% males, 3.4% females; 55–59 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 2.3% males, 2.3% females
- 50–54 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.2% males, 3.6% females; 50–54 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 2.6% males, 2.5% females
- 45–49 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.2% males, 3.5% females; 45–49 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 2.9% males, 2.7% females
- 40–44 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.6% males, 3.4% females; 40–44 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 3.7% males, 3.4% females
- 35–39 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.7% males, 4.0% females; 35–39 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 4.7% males, 4.6% females
- 30–34 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.7% males, 3.9% females; 30–34 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 4.4% males, 4.5% females
- 25–29 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.7% males, 3.4% females; 25–29 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 3.9% males, 3.9% females
- 20–24 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.5% males, 3.2% females; 20–24 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 3.3% males, 2.9% females
- 15–19 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.3% males, 3.0% females; 15–19 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 2.6% males, 2.4% females
- 10–14 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.3% males, 3.1% females; 10–14 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 3.1% males, 2.9% females
- 5–9 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.4% males, 3.2% females; 5–9 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 3.8% males, 3.5% females
- 0–4 in Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan): 3.1% males, 3.0% females; 0–4 in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan): 3.9% males, 3.6% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $642
- First area, 2016: $626
- First area, 2021: $753
- Second area, 2016: $472
- Second area, 2021: $631
- First area, 2011: $1,243
- First area, 2016: $1,549
- First area, 2021: $1,849
- Second area, 2016: $1,200
- Second area, 2021: $1,516
- First area, 2011: $1,832
- First area, 2016: $1,676
- First area, 2021: $2,046
- Second area, 2016: $1,292
- Second area, 2021: $1,671
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 2.0
- First area, 2016: 3.0
- First area, 2021: 2.9
- Second area, 2016: 2.9
- Second area, 2021: 2.9
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $376
- First area, 2016: $331
- First area, 2021: $371
- Second area, 2016: $320
- Second area, 2021: $361
- First area, 2011: $2,100
- First area, 2016: $1,733
- First area, 2021: $1,800
- Second area, 2016: $1,733
- Second area, 2021: $1,900
- First area, 2011: 1.20
- First area, 2016: 0.90
- First area, 2021: 0.80
- Second area, 2016: 0.90
- Second area, 2021: 0.90
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Mill Park (Northern Metropolitan) vs Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sed/SED25003/mill-park/vs/SED28203/thomastown