Maiden Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,401 people in Maiden Gully of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Maiden Gully was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

Of people in Maiden Gully aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maiden Gully was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Maiden Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Maiden Gully was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Maiden Gully 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.4% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maiden Gully were Australian 35.1%, English 33.2%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.4%.

In Maiden Gully, 93.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, New Zealand 0.6%, Netherlands 0.4%, India 0.1% and Philippines 0.1%.

In Maiden Gully, 87.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maiden Gully were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 25.2%, Anglican 18.2%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Baptist 2.6%.

In Maiden Gully 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.2%, Vietnamese 0.1%, Indonesian 0.1%, Japanese 0.1% and German 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,436 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maiden Gully. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maiden Gully, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maiden Gully was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Maiden Gully included Professionals 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Managers 12.1%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Labourers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Maiden Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.4%, School Education 5.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maiden Gully was $641.

In Maiden Gully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.1%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 1.8%, Walked only 1.0% and Bus 0.5%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maiden Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.2% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Maiden Gully, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maiden Gully, 60.0% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Maiden Gully 25.8% of single parents were male and 74.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maiden Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,025 and those without children was $1,879.

Employment status of couple families

In Maiden Gully, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 33.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maiden Gully, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maiden Gully, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Maiden Gully, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maiden Gully, 30.8% were owned outright, 59.4% were owned with a mortgage and 7.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Maiden Gully, of all households, 88.4% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Maiden Gully, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.1% 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 Maiden Gully, 12.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maiden Gully, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 81.8%) were male and 4 (or 18.2%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Maiden Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Maiden Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,050.