Mayfield East Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mayfield East (2304) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Newcastle, New South Wales. It is about 119 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mayfield East is in the federal electorate of Newcastle.

In the 2011 census the population of Mayfield East was 1,710 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mayfield East is 36 years of age.

81.0% of people living in the suburb of Mayfield East were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.7% England, 1.4% New Zealand, 0.8% Italy, 0.8% Greece, 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% Korea, Republic of , 0.4% Croatia, 0.4% Fiji, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Turkey, 0.3% Tonga, 0.3% Tanzania.

86.6% of people living in Mayfield East speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Other, 0.9% Italian, 0.6% Greek, 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% Serbian, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% German.

The religious makeup of Mayfield East is 29.0% No religion, 25.2% Catholic, 17.9% Anglican, 7.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Uniting Church, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Eastern Orthodox, 1.9% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Baptist, 1.4% Other religious affiliation .

31.8% of people are married, 44.6% have never married and 11.4% are divorced and 3.9% are separated. There are 119 widowed people living in Mayfield East.

60.6% of the people living in Mayfield East over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.4% are working on a part time basis. Mayfield East has an unemployment rate of 7.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Mayfield East are 24.0% Professionals, 14.5% Technicians & trades workers, 13.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.0% Sales workers, 10.5% Community & personal service workers, 10.3% Labourers, 8.8% Managers, 6.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mayfield East work in are 16.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.5% Manufacturing, 10.1% Retail trade, 9.5% Education and training, 8.0% Accommodation and food services, 7.5% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Construction.

24.8% of homes are fully owned, and 36.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $570 per week and the median household income is $1069 per week.

The median rent in Mayfield East is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1690 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mayfield East postcode 2304