Mayfield East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,710 people in Mayfield East of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mayfield East was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Mayfield East aged 15 years and over, 31.9% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mayfield East was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Mayfield East, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mayfield East was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Mayfield East 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 32.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mayfield East were Australian 32.1%, English 27.7%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.3% and German 2.6%.

In Mayfield East, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.5%, Italy 0.8%, Greece 0.8% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Mayfield East, 72.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mayfield East were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Mayfield East 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.6%, Spanish 0.6%, Serbian 0.5% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 870 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mayfield East. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mayfield East, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mayfield East was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Mayfield East included Professionals 24.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Labourers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Mayfield East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 4.9%, Hospitals 4.7%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.7% and Tertiary Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mayfield East was $570.

In Mayfield East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 2.8%, Bus 2.7% and Bicycle 2.5%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mayfield East, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 East, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mayfield East, 33.2% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 27.0% were one parent families.

In Mayfield East 22.5% of single parents were male and 77.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mayfield East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,054 and those without children was $2,284.

Employment status of couple families

In Mayfield East, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mayfield East, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mayfield East, 86.5% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mayfield East, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 37.0% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mayfield East, 25.3% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 35.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mayfield East, of all households, 60.6% were family households, 32.3% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Mayfield East, 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Mayfield East, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mayfield East, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 55.6%) were male and 24 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 42 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 East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,024.

In Mayfield East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $305 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,473.