East Maitland

17.2% of East Maitland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

3,219 family households lived in East Maitland; 38.4% were couple families and 20.8% were one-parent families.

36.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

East Maitland had 11,860 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 74.5% of occupied private dwellings in East Maitland.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.1% of occupied private dwellings.

30.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

31.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in East Maitland had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.7%, while 19.6% had four or more usual residents.

18.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

56.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

8.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 38.6% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.5% reported a different address.

9.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

90.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

9.2% of East Maitland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.7% of ancestry responses in East Maitland.

Australian ancestry made up 42.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

20.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.0%.

Median household income was $1,422 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 18.7% in East Maitland, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 30.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 37.6% in East Maitland, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.