Mayfield West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,771 people in Mayfield West of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mayfield West was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Mayfield West aged 15 years and over, 36.0% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mayfield West was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Mayfield West, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mayfield West was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Mayfield West 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.0% were in primary school, 14.4% in secondary school and 26.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mayfield West were English 29.8%, Australian 29.6%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.0% and German 3.7%.

In Mayfield West, 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.1%, England 0.7%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and Liberia 0.6%.

In Mayfield West, 76.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mayfield West were Catholic 27.2%, No Religion 21.5%, Anglican 21.3%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Mayfield West 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Bosnian 0.5%, Polish 0.5%, Spanish 0.4%, Czech 0.3% and Tamil 0.3%.

Employment

There were 804 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mayfield West. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mayfield West, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mayfield West was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Mayfield West included Professionals 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Labourers 12.7%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Mayfield West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Residential Care Services 4.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mayfield West was $487.

In Mayfield West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bus 3.5%, Walked only 3.2% and Bicycle 2.4%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mayfield West, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.4% 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 Mayfield West, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mayfield West, 38.1% were couple families with children, 37.9% were couple families without children and 21.1% were one parent families.

In Mayfield West 14.0% of single parents were male and 86.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mayfield West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,939 and those without children was $2,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Mayfield West, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mayfield West, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mayfield West, 82.2% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mayfield West, of occupied private dwellings 9.8% had 1 bedroom, 31.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mayfield West, 29.7% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 33.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mayfield West, of all households, 60.8% were family households, 32.4% were single person households and 6.8% were group households.

In Mayfield West, 31.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Mayfield West, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mayfield West, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 55.6%) were male and 20 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Mayfield West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Mayfield West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.