Maydena (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 224 people in Maydena (L) of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Maydena (L) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Maydena (L) aged 15 years and over, 38.5% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maydena (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Maydena (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 37.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Maydena (L) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Maydena (L) 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 5.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maydena (L) were English 39.9%, Australian 38.5%, Irish 5.7%, Scottish 4.7% and Indian 1.4%.

In Maydena (L), 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 7.1%, New Zealand 1.8% and Czech Republic 1.3%.

In Maydena (L), 76.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maydena (L) were Anglican 36.0%, No Religion 24.0%, Catholic 14.2%, Uniting Church 1.8% and Buddhism 1.3%.

In Maydena (L) 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 74 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maydena (L). Of these 47.3% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maydena (L), 15.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maydena (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Maydena (L) included Labourers 39.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Managers 4.2% and Professionals 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Maydena (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Forestry and Logging 11.3%, Forestry Support Services 7.0%, Scientific Research Services 5.6%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.2% and Dairy Cattle Farming 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maydena (L) was $370.

In Maydena (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 48.6%, Car, as passenger 11.4%, Walked only 7.1% and Truck 4.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maydena (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 19.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 Maydena (L), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maydena (L), 39.3% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 21.4% were one parent families.

In Maydena (L) 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maydena (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Maydena (L), of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 6.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maydena (L), 75.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maydena (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Maydena (L), of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 65.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maydena (L), 38.1% were owned outright, 24.7% were owned with a mortgage and 30.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Maydena (L), of all households, 57.9% were family households, 36.8% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Maydena (L), 48.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Maydena (L), 58.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maydena (L), there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Maydena (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Maydena (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.