Maitland

14.1% of Maitland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

483 family households lived in Maitland; 30.6% were couple families and 25.7% were one-parent families.

33.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Maitland had 1,972 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 71.8% of occupied private dwellings in Maitland.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.2% of occupied private dwellings.

28.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

29.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Maitland had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 16.1% had four or more usual residents.

18.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

47.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.9% walked or cycled.

12.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 44.2% of the total.

43.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.8% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

87.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of Maitland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Maitland.

Australian ancestry made up 39.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

18.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

46.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

18.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.1% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.6%.

Median household income was $1,241 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 18.4% in Maitland, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 28.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 42.4% in Maitland, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.