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Location
Maitland, NSW
Local Government Area
Maitland
Region type
Regional city
Aboriginal nation
Yuin nation, Awabakal-Wonnarua dialects. Traditional owners: Wonnarua
Distance to nearest state/territory capital
130 km (Sydney, NSW)
Population
2016 census 78,015
2011 census 67,132
growth 2011–16* +16.2%+
*national average +8.8%
+ Maitland boundary has changed between censuses
Top employment sectors (2016 census)
5.9% Coalmining
3.5% Hospitals
3% Takeaway food services
Regional towns, like cities, are systems, and changes to systems often have palpable knock-on effects that can enhance or disrupt, cause regeneration or decline. The growth of big-box supermarkets, the dominance of cars and the neglect or loss of landscape and heritage all have the ability to disrupt the workings of a town. The regional city of Maitland in New South Wales has
