Maida Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,329 people in Maida Vale of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Maida Vale was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Maida Vale aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maida Vale was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Maida Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Maida Vale was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Maida Vale 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maida Vale were English 33.9%, Australian 27.8%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 5.9% and Italian 4.7%.

In Maida Vale, 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.6%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 1.2%, Italy 1.0% and India 0.9%.

In Maida Vale, 48.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maida Vale were Catholic 25.4%, No Religion 24.3%, Anglican 23.7%, Christian, nfd 3.7% and Uniting Church 3.0%.

In Maida Vale 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.7%, German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.3%, Thai 0.3% and Burmese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,383 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maida Vale. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maida Vale, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maida Vale was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Maida Vale included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Professionals 14.1%, Managers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4% and Labourers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Maida Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.8%, School Education 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.6% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maida Vale was $743.

In Maida Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bus 2.6%, Truck 2.0% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maida Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Maida Vale, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maida Vale, 47.7% were couple families with children, 40.5% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Maida Vale 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maida Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,681 and those without children was $2,264.

Employment status of couple families

In Maida Vale, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 26.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maida Vale, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maida Vale, 98.5% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Maida Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 30.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maida Vale, 38.8% were owned outright, 49.1% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Maida Vale, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Maida Vale, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Maida Vale, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maida Vale, there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 41.7%) were male and 28 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 29 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Maida Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Maida Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $462 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,300.