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Spotlight on Mirboo North

Summary

  • The population of Mirboo North is 2,326.
  • Population growth was slow, remaining below 1,00 people until 1981 after there has continued a gradual increase.
  • Mirboo North's population is forecast to grow to 2,476 by 2036.
  • The most recent overseas born residents come from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
  • There are 41 households where a language other than English is spoken.
  • Most people moving to Mirboo North in the past five years came from other parts of Victoria. The most common Victorian Shires include Casey, Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Ranges.
  • The proportion of the population providing unpaid assistance to a person with a disability is almost twice that of South Gippsland.
  • A larger proportion of the Mirboo North population volunteer than South Gippsland.
  • 21 percent of people in Mirboo North attended an educational insituation.
  • The individual weekly median income in Mirboo North is lower than South Gippsland.
  • There is a higher proportion of high income households in Mirboo North than South Gippsland.
  • There are 881 dwellings in Mirboo North with 95% occupancy.
  • With an average of 2.5 people per household.
  • 2.5 percent of households in Mirboo North do not own a motor vehicle.
  • 34.8 percent of households have two motor vehicles.
  • 1882 Baromi village was established and the hotel built
  • 1893 The Dairy factory opened
  • 1920 Higher elementary school created.
  • The top Industries of employment are; Hospitals, Cheese manufacturing, Dairy farming and Local Government Administration.