South Maitland

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 533 people in South Maitland of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.4% of the population.

The median age of people in South Maitland was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in South Maitland aged 15 years and over, 35.6% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Maitland was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In South Maitland, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Maitland was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In South Maitland 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.9% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Maitland were Australian 35.3%, English 28.7%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 5.4% and German 2.2%.

In South Maitland, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.1%, Philippines 0.8%, Canada 0.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In South Maitland, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Maitland were Anglican 33.1%, Catholic 25.6%, No Religion 15.4%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Baptist 3.0%.

In South Maitland 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.9%, Macedonian 0.8%, French 0.6%, Serbian 0.6% and Polish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 215 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Maitland. Of these 47.0% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 15.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Maitland, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Maitland was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in South Maitland included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.5%, Labourers 19.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Managers 7.7% and Professionals 5.5%.

Of the employed people in South Maitland, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, Accommodation 3.9%, Department Stores 3.3% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Maitland was $388.

In South Maitland, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Train 4.4%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 2.2% and Taxi 1.6%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Maitland, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.0% 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 South Maitland, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Maitland, 34.1% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 32.6% were one parent families.

In South Maitland 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Maitland, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In South Maitland, of couple families with children, 9.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 16.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Maitland, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Maitland, 74.7% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 19.0% were other dwellings.

In South Maitland, of occupied private dwellings 9.0% had 1 bedroom, 24.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Maitland, 35.6% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 31.5% were rented.

Household composition

In South Maitland, of all households, 59.3% were family households, 37.1% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In South Maitland, 36.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 South Maitland, 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Maitland, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 65.6%) were male and 11 (or 34.4%) were female. The median age was 7 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 South Maitland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $724.

In South Maitland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.