Bayswater North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,424 people in Bayswater North of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bayswater North was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Bayswater North aged 15 years and over, 43.5% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bayswater North was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Bayswater North, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bayswater North was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Bayswater North 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bayswater North were Australian 28.0%, English 27.9%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.6% and German 2.7%.

In Bayswater North, 75.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, India 1.6%, New Zealand 1.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Bayswater North, 56.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bayswater North were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 14.1%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Baptist 3.1%.

In Bayswater North 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.0%, Khmer 0.9%, Cantonese 0.8%, Italian 0.7% and Vietnamese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 4,680 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bayswater North. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bayswater North, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bayswater North was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bayswater North included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Professionals 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Labourers 9.7%, Managers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Bayswater North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.6%, Building Installation Services 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Hospitals 3.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bayswater North was $625.

In Bayswater North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.2%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train 3.4%, Train, car as driver 1.8% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 8.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bayswater North, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Bayswater North, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bayswater North, 46.0% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Bayswater North 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bayswater North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,010 and those without children was $2,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Bayswater North, of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bayswater North, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayswater North, 68.5% were separate houses, 19.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Bayswater North, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 25.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayswater North, 26.1% were owned outright, 47.0% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bayswater North, of all households, 69.6% were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Bayswater North, 21.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Bayswater North, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bayswater North, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 42.1%) were male and 22 (or 57.9%) were female. The median age was 14 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Bayswater North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $587.

In Bayswater North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $698.