Maida Vale

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,550 people were counted in Maida Vale: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale there were 741 children aged 0-14 years and 627 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, 3,185 people were Australian citizens, 960 were born overseas and 15 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, 58.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.2% were separated or divorced, 3.2% were widowed and 30.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, 69.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Maida Vale were England 13.2%, New Zealand 2.4%, Scotland 1.6%, Italy 1.4% and India 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Maida Vale on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.2%, Catholic 23.0%, No Religion 20.6%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.8%, French 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5%, Burmese 0.4% and Netherlandic 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,932 people aged 15 years and over in Maida Vale were in the labour force. Of these 59.1% worked full-time, 32.0% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.6% were unemployed. 823 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.2%, Professionals 8.8%, Associate Professionals 8.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.2%, Managers and Administrators 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Maida Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.3%, Food Retailing 4.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%, Education 3.8% and Health Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, 1,014 families were counted: of these, 33.2% were couple families without children, 54.6% were couple families with children, 11.0% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, 1,177 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Maida Vale, 97.4% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, 44.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 44.2% were being purchased and 6.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 47.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Maida Vale, 85.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 11.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.