2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bayswater · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bayswater
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Bayswater since 2011, with 28.3% of households now consisting of just one person. This shift is part of a broader trend where the typical home size has edged down to 2.4 people. The area remains a strong base for families, though one-parent households have become more common.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Bayswater — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are now more common than in most similar areas and are a little above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person households are the most frequent at 33%, while the typical home size is about the same as the national figure.
28.3% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bayswater splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the state average. Couples with children remain the largest group at 55%, followed by couples without children at 26.8%.
16.8% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
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/sa2/211011251/bayswater/topic/family-households