Maydena, TAS
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Maydena is a small town in the Derwent Valley of southern Tasmania, on the River Tyenna about 87 kilometres west of Hobart, close to Mount Field National Park and Russell Falls. Once known as Junee, it began as a base for the osmiridium miners of nearby Adamsfield in the early twentieth century. The town grew again between 1947 and 1950, when Australian Newsprint Mills built around a hundred houses for forestry workers, and a railway long hauled timber and ore down the valley. In recent years Maydena has reinvented itself around the Maydena Bike Park, a large gravity mountain-bike park opened in 2018 that has become one of the town's biggest employers and a major draw for visitors. The surrounding rainforest and caves add to its appeal.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Maydena is more socio-economically advantaged than about 2% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 797, 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 Maydena 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 Maydena 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
2/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (2/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
71/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $220 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 71% 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.
Maydena at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 198
- Median age
- 47
- Median weekly household income
- $791
- SEIFA score
- 797
- Local government area
- Derwent Valley
- Coordinates
- -42.7544, 146.5589
Map of Maydena
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Housing & property in Maydena
What it costs to live in Maydena and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $220
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $900
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 74%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 26%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Maydena demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Maydena demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Maydena 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 mid-life (45–64) at 35% and 9% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 31 | 16% |
| Youth (15–24) | 27 | 14% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 37 | 19% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 69 | 35% |
| Seniors (65+) | 36 | 18% |
Share of the 200 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 35 | 45% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 22 | 29% |
| Rented | 20 | 26% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 73 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 73 occupied private dwellings in Maydena.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,100
- Median weekly personal income
- $555
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 16 (9%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 24 (12%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 54 (34%)
- Labour-force participation
- 50.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 15.5%
- Employed full-time
- 42
- Employed part-time
- 27
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 Maydena
Is Maydena 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, Maydena rates 25/100 overall (Lower 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 Maydena?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Maydena was $220, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $900. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Maydena?
Maydena is a suburb of Tasmania, Australia, in the Derwent Valley local government area.
What is the population of Maydena?
At the 2021 Census, Maydena had a population of about 198.
Is Maydena an advantaged area?
Maydena has an ABS SEIFA score of 797, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 2 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 2% of Australian suburbs.
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