2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bayswater · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Bayswater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Bayswater, a figure well above the national average. This contributes to the area having slightly smaller households than the state and national typicals. Most residents live in small groups, with two-person homes being the most common.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Bayswater — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bayswater | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.9% of residents live by themselves, a proportion that has risen since 2011. Consequently, the typical home in Bayswater has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
29.9% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bayswater splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.4%, while couples without children account for 29.6%. One-parent families represent 13.4% of the total, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the state average.
13.4% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bayswater, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50420/bayswater/topic/family-households