Maitland (SA), SA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Maitland is a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, roughly 168 km west of Adelaide and set on high ground between Gulf St Vincent and Spencer Gulf. It lies on the lands of the Narungga people, who are said to have known the locality as Maggiwarda. Laid out in 1872 and named after Lady Jean Maitland, the town was planned on a generous grid of wide streets arranged around a central square, a pattern still clear today. It serves as a commercial hub for a surrounding district of grain country, where wheat and barley are the mainstay crops. The town retains a number of nineteenth-century stone buildings that reflect its early prosperity as an agricultural centre.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Maitland (SA) is more socio-economically advantaged than about 17% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 917, 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 Maitland (SA) 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.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Maitland (SA) 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
17/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (17/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
78/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $200 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 78% 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.
Maitland (SA) at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,312
- Median age
- 51
- Median weekly household income
- $1,143
- SEIFA score
- 917
- Local government area
- Yorke Peninsula
- Coordinates
- -34.3528, 137.6705
Map of Maitland (SA)
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Housing & property in Maitland (SA)
What it costs to live in Maitland (SA) and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $200
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $867
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 77%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 17%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Maitland (SA) demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Maitland (SA) demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Maitland (SA) 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 seniors (65+) at 29% and 6% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 217 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 112 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 243 | 19% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 359 | 27% |
| Seniors (65+) | 377 | 29% |
Share of the 1,308 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 234 | 50% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 129 | 27% |
| Rented | 80 | 17% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 453 | 94% |
| Townhouses & semis | 22 | 5% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 480 occupied private dwellings in Maitland (SA).
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,554
- Median weekly personal income
- $617
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 74 (6%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 19 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 64 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 372 (35%)
- Labour-force participation
- 47.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Employed full-time
- 272
- Employed part-time
- 184
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.
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Common questions about Maitland (SA)
Is Maitland (SA) a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Maitland (SA) rates 37/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Maitland (SA)?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Maitland (SA) was $200, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Maitland (SA)?
Maitland (SA) is a suburb of South Australia, Australia, in the Yorke Peninsula local government area.
What is the population of Maitland (SA)?
At the 2021 Census, Maitland (SA) had a population of about 1,312.
Is Maitland (SA) an advantaged area?
Maitland (SA) has an ABS SEIFA score of 917, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 17 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 17% of Australian suburbs.
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