Maxwell has two children from his marriage, which finished in 2007. He is a sharp beginner picture taker. On BBC Test Match Special on 25 August 2013 it was reported that Maxwell had proposed to his better half amid the fifth Test of the 2013 Ashes.
Maxwell is the president since 2009 of the Primary Club of Australia, a cricketing-based philanthropy giving donning and recreational offices to individuals with inabilities. He is likewise President since 2013 of Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club

In 2016 Maxwell was taken to healing facility in the wake of winding up sick amid a communicate of the Rio Olympic Games. In a consequent discussion with BBC Test Match Special cricket analyst, Jonathan Agnew, Maxwell expressed that his voice is fine however because of a stroke, the utilization of his correct hand has turned into an issue.
