Maitland
100,439 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 392 km², 45 suburbs. Council website: maitland.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
100,439
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +2.3% in a year
Density
257/km²
392 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$745k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$92
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
13.8 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
6 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
45
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 36
- Median household income
- $1,766/week
- Median rent
- $370/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,829/month
- Households renting
- 29.8%
- Average household
- 2.7 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 6 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
45 suburbs where Maitland holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford | 13,091 | All | $730kDec 2025 | – / 35% | 2 |
| East Maitland | 11,860 | All | $780kDec 2025 | – / 54% | 4 |
| Thornton (NSW) | 10,690 | All | $825kDec 2025 | – / 66% | 5 |
| Aberglasslyn | 6,552 | All | $805kDec 2025 | – / 45% | 5 |
| Gillieston Heights | 4,796 | All | $763kDec 2025 | – / 61% | 5 |
| Metford | 4,707 | All | $743kDec 2025 | – / 24% | 1 |
| Ashtonfield | 4,589 | All | $855kDec 2025 | – / 71% | 7 |
| Chisholm (NSW) | 4,577 | All | $930kDec 2025 | – / 49% | 10 |
| Bolwarra Heights | 3,436 | All | $930kDec 2025 | – / 71% | 9 |
| Tenambit | 3,088 | All | $745kDec 2025 | – / 30% | 1 |
| Woodberry | 3,024 | All | $630kDec 2025 | – / 83% | 1 |
| Telarah | 2,318 | All | $670kDec 2025 | – / 17% | 1 |
| Raworth | 2,094 | All | $913kDec 2025 | – / 71% | 7 |
| Maitland (NSW) | 1,972 | All | $675kDec 2025 | – / 54% | 2 |
| Largs | 1,962 | All | $830kDec 2025 | – / 86% | 7 |
| Morpeth | 1,686 | All | $830kDec 2025 | – / 72% | 5 |
| Lorn | 1,465 | All | $925kDec 2025 | – / 85% | 9 |
| Bolwarra (NSW) | 1,350 | All | $943kDec 2025 | – / 73% | 9 |
| Lochinvar | 1,095 | 99% | $855kDec 2025 | – / 85% | 6 |
| Louth Park | 922 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 89% | 10 |
| Windella | 845 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 58% | 10 |
| Farley | 605 | All | $468kDec 2025 | – / 90% | 4 |
| South Maitland | 432 | All | $590kDec 2025 | – / 65% | 1 |
| Horseshoe Bend | 427 | All | $753kDec 2025 | – / 85% | 1 |
| Millers Forest | 357 | All | – / 97% | 5 | |
| Lambs Valley (Singleton - NSW) | 347 | 33% | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Maitland Vale | 281 | All | $1.2MDec 2024 | – / 99% | 9 |
| Bishops Bridge | 218 | 65% | – / 95% | 6 | |
| Luskintyre | 216 | All | – / 99% | 10 | |
| Berry Park | 182 | All | – / 94% | 5 | |
| Oakhampton | 165 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 4 |
| Oakhampton Heights | 139 | All | – / 96% | 9 | |
| Mindaribba | 97 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Duckenfield | 92 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Oswald | 88 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Gosforth | 82 | All | – / 99% | 9 | |
| Phoenix Park | 77 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Rosebrook (NSW) | 73 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Allandale (NSW) | 68 | 42% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Anambah | 64 | All | $844kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 9 |
| Harpers Hill | 64 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Melville (NSW) | 64 | All | – / 99% | 10 | |
| Windermere (NSW) | 64 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Hillsborough (Maitland - NSW) | 50 | All | – / 99% | 10 | |
| Pitnacree | 48 | All | – / 95% | 8 | |
| Tocal | 47 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Mount Dee | 14 | All | – / 86% | 4 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 28 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $468k
- Median of suburb medians
- $830k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.6M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 15 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 695
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 301
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,595
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,557
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Paterson · Meryl SWANSON (ALP)90%
- Lyne · Alison PENFOLD (NP)10%
- Hunter · Dan REPACHOLI (ALP)1%
State districts
- Maitland · Jenny Aitchison (ALP)90%
- Upper Hunter · Dave Layzell (NAT)10%
- Cessnock · Clayton Barr (ALP)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.