Maylands

13.1% of Maylands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

3,216 family households lived in Maylands; 32.3% were couple families and 13.1% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Maylands had 13,199 residents at the 2021 Census.

43.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.

Separate houses made up 31.0% of occupied private dwellings in Maylands.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 33.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 35.7% of occupied private dwellings.

18.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

31.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

50.2% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

The average household in Maylands had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 43.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 10.6% had four or more usual residents.

8.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.

53.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

11.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

10.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.

One-car households formed 52.6% of the total.

36.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.8% reported a different address.

38.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Perth average.

70.1% of residents used only English at home.

24.1% used a language other than English at home.

2.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

38.1% of Maylands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.9% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

4.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.4% of ancestry responses in Maylands.

Australian ancestry made up 23.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.7% of responses.

32.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.2%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.

44.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.

61.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.3%.

Median household income was $1,623 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 8.1% in Maylands, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.

Outright ownership was 18.6% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.

Renting accounted for 50.2% in Maylands, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.