Maylands, Western Australia

Maylands Perth, Western Australia
Looking south down Eighth Avenue from Maylands railway station
Coordinates	31°55′45″S 115°53′50″E / 31.9291384°S 115.897344°E / -31.9291384; 115.897344
Population	13,199 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1830s
Postcode(s)	6051
Area	5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Location	5 km (3 mi) NE of the Perth CBD
LGA(s)	City of Bayswater
State electorate(s)	Maylands
Federal division(s)	Perth
Suburbs around Maylands: Inglewood Bedford Bayswater Mount Lawley Maylands Bayswater Burswood Rivervale Ascot

Maylands is a riverside inner-city suburb approximately 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) northeast of Perth centred on the Midland and High Wycombe railway lines on the northern bank of the Swan River.

The suburb was developed during the 1890s and is an administrative locality within the City of Bayswater (having been mostly within the City of Stirling until 1998), bordered by the suburbs of Mount Lawley, East Perth and Bayswater. Maylands railway station provides easy access to the City centre and beyond. The railway line was originally built in the 1880s, and the railway station was extensively refurbished in 2000. Recently a shared bicycle / pedestrian path was built to link Maylands with neighbouring suburbs via the shoreline of the Swan River. There is also a small yacht club and a golf course.

Maylands was once a source of clay for brick and tile making^[2] at Maylands Brickworks,^[3] and the pits from these activities are now part of a golf course and residential area. It was home to Perth's main airport which serviced many kinds of aircraft and even flying boats until the early 1960s, when the airport moved to Perth Airport. The facilities were then converted to a training area for the Western Australian Police Service.