Mays Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 715 people in Mays Hill of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mays Hill was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Mays Hill aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mays Hill was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mays Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mays Hill was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Mays Hill 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.5% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 33.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mays Hill were English 13.2%, Australian 11.1%, Chinese 10.4%, Lebanese 9.9% and Indian 9.4%.

In Mays Hill, 45.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 8.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.6%, Lebanon 4.2%, Afghanistan 3.5% and Sri Lanka 3.2%.

In Mays Hill, 23.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 68.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mays Hill were Catholic 30.5%, No Religion 13.4%, Hinduism 12.8%, Islam 7.4% and Anglican 7.1%.

In Mays Hill 39.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 8.4%, Mandarin 5.7%, Tamil 4.9%, Gujarati 4.2% and Cantonese 4.1%.

Employment

There were 353 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mays Hill. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mays Hill, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mays Hill was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Mays Hill included Professionals 25.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Managers 8.7%, Labourers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4% and Sales Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Mays Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, School Education 3.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.8% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mays Hill was $545.

In Mays Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.7%, Train 10.2%, Train, bus 6.2%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Walked only 4.3%. On the day, 23.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mays Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Mays Hill, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mays Hill, 52.6% were couple families with children, 30.0% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Mays Hill 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mays Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Mays Hill, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mays Hill, 97.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mays Hill, 91.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mays Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.5% had 2 bedrooms and 54.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mays Hill, 35.5% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 35.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Mays Hill, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Mays Hill, 21.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Mays Hill, 41.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mays Hill, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Mays Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mays Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.