Maddington, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Maddington is a suburb about 20 kilometres south-east of central Perth, in the City of Gosnells, Western Australia. It is a mixed-use area, with residential streets, shops and light industry alongside pockets of semi-rural land, and it is unusual among its neighbours in still keeping a few vineyards and orchards from its farming days. The suburb grew from Maddington Park, an estate that John Randall Phillips named after a town in Wiltshire, England, and which was subdivided as Perth expanded after the gold rush. The former Canning Park racecourse, abandoned in the 1960s, was redeveloped into the industrial estate that lines Albany Highway and the railway today. At its heart is the Maddington Central shopping centre, and the suburb has its own station on the Armadale line.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Maddington is more socio-economically advantaged than about 11% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 898, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Maddington a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Maddington from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
11/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (11/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
47/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $300 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 47% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Maddington at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 12,419
- Median age
- 35
- Median weekly household income
- $1,364
- SEIFA score
- 898
- Local government area
- Gosnells
- Coordinates
- -32.0446, 115.9955
Map of Maddington
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Housing & property in Maddington
What it costs to live in Maddington and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $300
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,509
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 67%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 28%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Maddington demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Maddington demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Maddington using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 31% and 48% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 2,641 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 1,571 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 3,854 | 31% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 2,632 | 21% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,721 | 14% |
Share of the 12,419 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 990 | 23% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 1,905 | 44% |
| Rented | 1,200 | 28% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3,604 | 84% |
| Townhouses & semis | 474 | 11% |
| Flats & apartments | 165 | 4% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 4,279 occupied private dwellings in Maddington.
- Average household size
- 2.7 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,603
- Median weekly personal income
- $636
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 5,543 (48%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 4,999 (43%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 409 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 4,688 (50%)
- Labour-force participation
- 58.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.2%
- Employed full-time
- 3,091
- Employed part-time
- 1,809
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Maddington
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Maddington is January (average daytime high around 31.2°C) and the coolest is July (around 15.5°C). The area receives roughly 739 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.2°C | 17.4°C | 23 mm |
| Feb | 30.6°C | 17.5°C | 24 mm |
| Mar | 27.8°C | 16.5°C | 43 mm |
| Apr | 23.3°C | 13.6°C | 45 mm |
| May | 19.2°C | 10.8°C | 81 mm |
| Jun | 16.5°C | 9.2°C | 103 mm |
| Jul | 15.5°C | 8.7°C | 140 mm |
| Aug | 16.2°C | 8.3°C | 122 mm |
| Sep | 18.2°C | 9.2°C | 69 mm |
| Oct | 21.3°C | 10.9°C | 49 mm |
| Nov | 25.5°C | 13.3°C | 30 mm |
| Dec | 29.4°C | 15.8°C | 10 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Maddington
Is Maddington a good place to live?
Maddington scores 11/100 (SEIFA 898, bottom 11% nationally) with unemployment at 8.2% and median household income of $1,364 — a socio-economic profile that places it firmly at the more disadvantaged end of Perth’s south-eastern corridor. The 48% overseas-born figure and the evident cultural diversity are real features of a suburb that has drawn communities seeking affordable access to the Perth metro area via Maddington Station on the Armadale Line. This verdict names the data plainly because a resident-first guide is more useful honest than optimistic — but the flip side of those numbers is genuine affordability, existing rail access, and a working-suburb community character that is different to (and not lesser than) the aspirational-growth story told about the suburbs either side.
What is the median rent in Maddington?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Maddington was $300, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,509. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Maddington?
Maddington is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Gosnells local government area.
What is the population of Maddington?
At the 2021 Census, Maddington had a population of about 12,419.
Is Maddington an advantaged area?
Maddington has an ABS SEIFA score of 898, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 11 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 11% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Maddington?
Maddington has average daytime highs of about 22.9°C and overnight lows of about 12.6°C, with roughly 739 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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