Maddington, Western Australia

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Maddington
Perth, Western Australia

One of the buildings that form part of the original farm in Maddington

Population:

9136 ^[1]

• Density:

853.83/km² (2211.4/sq mi)

Postcode:

6109

Coordinates:

32°2.6′S 115°59.3′E / -32.0433, 115.9883Coordinates: 32°2.6′S 115°59.3′E / -32.0433, 115.9883

Area:

10.7 km² (4.1 sq mi)

Property Value:

AUD $320,000

Location:

27.7 km (17 mi) SE of Perth

LGA:

City of Gosnells

Federal Division:

Hasluck

Suburbs around Maddington:
Kenwick	Wattle Grove, Orange Grove	Orange Grove
Kenwick,Thornlie	Maddington	Orange Grove
Thornlie	Gosnells	Martin

Maddington is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Gosnells. Maddington has a railway station and has, like numerous other towns, been engaging in transit-oriented development planning.^[2] The Metropolitan Centres Policy of the Western Australian Planning Commission classifies Maddington as a "regional centre".^[3]

[edit] Maddington statistics as of 2001

Maddington had 9875 people as of Census Night, 2001, up 1060 people from 1996, a 2.3% annual increase. Around 97% of the recorded population were residents, with 0.48% from other countries and 2.8% from elsewhere in Australia, most of them coming from other states.

On average, a square kilometre in Maddington harboured some 878 people in 2001.

There were 3,686 occupied residences in Maddington in 2001, with 94% of them being detached houses, 1% being flats, and 3% being terrace houses or townhouses. 208 of the dwellings in Maddington were unoccupied, and the number of dwellings grew 3.1% per annum between 1996 and 2001. Occupancy per residence was about 2.7 people in 2001.^[4]

Some 64% of the people in Maddington on Census Day had been born in Australia, and another 12% were native to the United Kingdom, with New Zealand, the Philippines, and China being the fastest growing origins. 11% of the people of Maddington spoke a language other than English at home. 3.9% of the people in Maddington were Indigenous Australians, 389 people in all, which had been an increase of 104 people since 1996. Catholics (23%), Anglican (22%), and secular (22%) were the largest religious adherences among the population of Maddington.^[4]