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Maylands

Ranked #33 of 256 Perth suburbs for transit. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By Formada3D research · Updated October 2026 · Perth
Maylands suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Transit87#33 of 256
Cafés77#59 of 256
Value63#94 of 256
Green space60#85 of 256

Maylands suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
29
#202 of 256
Wealth
24
#196 of 256
Value
63
#94 of 256
Parks
38
#171 of 256
Cafés
77
#59 of 256
Transit
87
#33 of 256
Green space
60
#85 of 256
Active & healthy
55
#98 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
46
#149 of 256

Maylands rent, prices and other numbers

Population13,199
Area4.96 km²
Median household income$1,623/wk
Median rent$300/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks16 (4.74 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score56/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park94.7% of the suburb
Cafés6
Gyms & sport venues26
Public transport stops1
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Maylands Peninsula Primary School (0.54 km)

Median sale price: not available for Western Australia — Landgate sells suburb sales reports and REIWA's medians are commercial; there is no open-licence suburb-level sale price dataset for WA.

Who lives in Maylands

Population
13,199
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$1,623/wk
Median rent
$300/wk

Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Maylands — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Maylands

Is Maylands a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Maylands is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #33 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 5 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Maylands expensive to live in?

Median rent is $300 a week, and household income ranks #196 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 63/100 for value.

Does Maylands have good public transport?

It scores 87/100 for transit, #33 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Maylands?

95% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 4.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 60/100 for green space.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Perth: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-10). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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