Mayfield Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mayfield (2304) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Newcastle, New South Wales. It is about 118 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mayfield is in the federal electorate of Newcastle.

In the 2011 Census the population of Mayfield is 9,070 and is comprised of 50% females and 50% males.

The median/average age of the Mayfield population is 37 years of age,

79.9% of people living in Mayfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 2%, New Zealand 1.6%, Philippines 0.8%, Italy 0.6%, Scotland 0.5%.

85.1% of people speak English as their first language 0.8% Italian, 0.6% Macedonian, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.4% Serbian, 0.4% Mandarin.

The religious make up of Mayfield is 25.9% Catholic, 24.1% No Religion, 19.4% Anglican, 4.5% Uniting Church, 2.6% Christian, nfd.

32.2% of people are married, 44.7% have never married and 12% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 559 widowed people living in Mayfield.

56.8% of the people living in Mayfield are employed full time, 29.6% are working on a part time basis. Mayfield has an unemployment rate of 8%.

The main occupations of people from Mayfield are Professionals 21.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Labourers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Managers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7%.

The median individual income is $513.00 per week and the median household income is $979.00 per week.

24.7% of homes are fully owned, and 33.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 38.5% of homes are rented.

The median rent in Mayfield is $260 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mayfield postcode 2304