2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bayswater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bayswater
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher than usual share of single-parent families defines the home lives of people in Bayswater. While most homes follow national patterns, there is a notable trend toward smaller households and more people living on their own.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bayswater — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, and two-person households are the most common at 33.1%.
28.6% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 (29%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Over half of all families are couples with children.
17.0% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
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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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/sal/SAL20173/bayswater/topic/family-households