Maylands bushfire risk
Of Maylands’s 11,718 mapped properties, 2.8% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.
For context, Maylands’s bushfire exposure is below the WA average of 21.7%.
Check a specific Maylands address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Maylands
Flood and bushfire areas across Maylands. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Maylands
Maylands sits in the Mirrabooka police district, which recorded 23,984 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 23,984 total. Figures are for the whole Mirrabooka police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Maylands
Maylands is mostly special purpose. The most common zones:
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Special purpose
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: Maylands activity centre zone (r-aco)
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Public purposes
Who lives in Maylands
At the 2021 Census, 38.1% of Maylands’s 13,199 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Maylands
Bayswater council approved 276 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Bayswater council area (not just Maylands). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Other suburbs in Bayswater
Compare Maylands with the rest of the council area, largest first.
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.