Maddington

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,985 people in Maddington of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Maddington was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Maddington aged 15 years and over, 43.2% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maddington was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Maddington, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Maddington was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Maddington 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maddington were English 26.6%, Australian 22.6%, Scottish 5.5%, Irish 4.8% and Italian 3.5%.

In Maddington, 56.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, India 3.7%, New Zealand 3.2%, Philippines 2.0% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 1.5%.

In Maddington, 37.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maddington were Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 22.4%, Anglican 16.7%, Islam 5.6% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Maddington 70.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.7%, Arabic 1.2%, Mandarin 1.1%, Tagalog 1.0% and Dari 1.0%.

Employment

There were 4,590 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maddington. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 24.9% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maddington, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maddington was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Maddington included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.2%, Labourers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Professionals 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.2% and Managers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Maddington, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, School Education 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Residential Care Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maddington was $535.

In Maddington, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Train 3.6%, Bus 1.9% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maddington, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.0% 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 Maddington, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maddington, 40.9% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 21.3% were one parent families.

In Maddington 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maddington, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,020 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Maddington, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 16.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maddington, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maddington, 89.2% were separate houses, 10.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Maddington, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 56.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maddington, 27.5% were owned outright, 42.6% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Maddington, of all households, 69.7% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Maddington, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Maddington, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maddington, there were 375 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 183 (or 48.8%) were male and 192 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Maddington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,015.

In Maddington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $183 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.