Mayfield (Tas.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,558 people in Mayfield (Tas.) of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mayfield (Tas.) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Mayfield (Tas.) aged 15 years and over, 32.5% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mayfield (Tas.) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Mayfield (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 32.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mayfield (Tas.) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mayfield (Tas.) 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mayfield (Tas.) were Australian 36.6%, English 33.1%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 5.5% and Bhutanese 1.6%.

In Mayfield (Tas.), 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Bhutan 1.7%, England 1.3%, New Zealand 0.7%, Nepal 0.5% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.4%.

In Mayfield (Tas.), 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mayfield (Tas.) were Anglican 27.4%, No Religion 27.0%, Catholic 12.8%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Mayfield (Tas.) 87.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Nepali 2.2%, Tigrinya 0.4%, Burmese and Related Languages, nec 0.4%, African Languages, nec 0.3% and Russian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 509 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mayfield (Tas.). Of these 45.4% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 16.3% were unemployed.

View the labour force fact sheet

Of employed people in Mayfield (Tas.), 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mayfield (Tas.) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mayfield (Tas.) included Labourers 22.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Sales Workers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Professionals 5.9% and Managers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Mayfield (Tas.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.9%, Road Freight Transport 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8%, Accommodation 4.0% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mayfield (Tas.) was $354.

View the income fact sheet

In Mayfield (Tas.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 11.2%, Walked only 3.8%, Bus 2.1% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mayfield (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 (Tas.), 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mayfield (Tas.), 31.2% were couple families with children, 30.0% were couple families without children and 34.8% were one parent families.

In Mayfield (Tas.) 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mayfield (Tas.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,364 and those without children was $1,468.

View the income fact sheet

Employment status of couple families

In Mayfield (Tas.), of couple families with children, 8.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mayfield (Tas.), 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mayfield (Tas.), 89.9% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mayfield (Tas.), of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 74.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mayfield (Tas.), 21.0% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 48.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mayfield (Tas.), of all households, 67.2% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Mayfield (Tas.), 47.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

View the income fact sheet

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.

View 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.

View the income fact sheet

Number of motor vehicles

In Mayfield (Tas.), 41.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mayfield (Tas.), there were 90 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 50.0%) were male and 45 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $572.

In Mayfield (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,213.