Council intelligence · Comparable South Australian cohort
City of Mitcham
70,484 residents · area IRSAD decile 10/10 · Mayor Dr Heather Holmes-Ross
Draft intelligence profileDRMC confidence: HIGHCaptured: 12/06/2026
Receptivity51Capacity to receive evidence and adapt
Conflict risk50Civic friction signal; lower is not automatically better
Financial strength64Provisional interpretation of public financial evidence
Evidence readiness83Completeness of the current evidence base
Comparable cohort benchmark
How does City of Mitcham compare?
Benchmark: median of the 13 metropolitan Adelaide councils with the same measure and source period.
Median weekly rent13-council median: $325
City of Mitcham
$335$10 above median
Council valueCohort median
Source: ABS Census 2021 G02. This common benchmark uses 2021 Census rent; the separate housing panel shows the newer SA rental snapshot. Missing values are excluded; no missing value is treated as zero.
Community profile ABS open data
Population (2024)70,484
Median age (2021)42 years
Area IRSAD decile (2021)10 / 10
Median weekly rent (2021)$335
Median household income (2021)$1,996/week
Unemployment rate (2021)4.2%
Median mortgage (2021)$1,981/month
Average household size (2021)2.6 people
SEIFA IRSAD score (2021)1,073
Area-level figures describe the LGA and must not be used to make assumptions about an individual resident.
Financial position Latest structured evidence
Recent council decisions 154 tracked
- 12 May 202611.4 Schedule of Fees and Charges for 2026/27 ↗City of Mitcham — Full Council Minutes 2026-05-12 · verified
- 12 May 202611.7 - CONFIDENTIAL - East Waste Draft 2026/2027 Annual Plan and ↗City of Mitcham — Full Council Minutes 2026-05-12 · verified
- 12 May 202611.1 Moving Mitcham - Your Integrated Transport Plan ↗City of Mitcham — Full Council Minutes 2026-05-12 · verified
- 12 May 202611.2 Draft Cycling Plan - endorsement for Community Consultation ↗City of Mitcham — Full Council Minutes 2026-05-12 · verified
- 12 May 202611.5 Draft Community Engagement Policy – Consultation Approval ↗City of Mitcham — Full Council Minutes 2026-05-12 · verified
- 12 May 202611.6 Shared Vision for the Future of Winston Avenue – Draft Urban Design ↗City of Mitcham — Full Council Minutes 2026-05-12 · verified
- 12 May 20264.1 Annual Business Plan and Budget Submissions ↗City of Mitcham — Full Council Minutes 2026-05-12 · verified
- 12 May 202611.8 Hampton Street Bridge Replacement - Barrier, Footpath and Stormwater ↗City of Mitcham — Full Council Minutes 2026-05-12 · verified
DRMC analytical layers
- Historical Memory
- 50
- Acute Stress
- 36
- Ideology / Worldview
- 50
- Trust / Legitimacy
- 77
- Media / Narrative
- 50
- Material Pressure
- 45
- Future Imaginaries
- 63
- Conflict Mobilisation
- 60
Eight analytical layers · confidence HIGH. These are provisional civic signals, not the nineteen configurable DRMC domains and not a ranking of people.
Housing and affordability SA Housing Authority
$562Rent indicator / weekPostcode-weighted · 2026-03
+68%Indicative changeCompared with 2021 Census median
445Active bondsRental market records
225Public housing84 per 10,000 population
9,737Housing stressLower-income households · 2018
The current rent indicator is a count-weighted average of postcode median rents, not a newly calculated household-level LGA median. The 2018 stress figure and 2021 public-housing data are retained with their dates.
Service and regulatory signals Postcode-linked records
16Aged care servicesAged care services
10NDIS complianceNDIS Commission compliance actions
59Childcare servicesApproved education & care services
Aged care and childcare are service counts. The NDIS figure is a count of Commission compliance actions, not provider supply, market capacity or participant outcomes. Records are assigned by postcode centroid and may cross council boundaries.
View source register
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (via data.sa.gov.au), 4 June 2026 ↗
- AIHW GEN — Aged Care Service List (SA), 30 June 2025 · URL pending verification
- ACECQA National Registers — approved education and care services (SA) ↗
Evidence base
186Documents
80Verified claims
0Claims requiring review
762Structured metrics
The evidence register contains 80 total source-verification records and 154 tracked decision signals. Counts do not imply quality or completeness.
Core public sources