Bayswater North is a suburb in Maroondah, Victoria (postcode 3153), located in the Greater Melbourne region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 9,014 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

9,014

Median age

Household income

$1,675/wk

Weekly rent

$360

Unemployment

3.9%

SEIFA IRSD decile

6 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

6.4%

5-14

12.3%

15-19

4.9%

20-24

5.1%

25-34

14.8%

35-44

16.3%

45-54

12.5%

55-64

11.6%

65-74

8.9%

75-84

4.2%

85+

2.8%

Housing tenure

Owned

28.1%

Mortgage

45.5%

Rented

24.6%

Other

0.8%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3153
Population (2021)	9,014
Males	4,359 (48.4%)
Females	4,650 (51.6%)
Median age	38 years
Average household size	2.5
Median weekly household income	$1,675
Median weekly family income	$2,113
Median weekly rent	$360
Median monthly mortgage	$1,835
Labour force	4,737
Unemployment rate	3.9%
Participation rate	68.6%
Born overseas	24.4%
Separate houses	76.0%
Worked at home	22.1%
SEIFA IRSD decile	6 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	42.1%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	62.0%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	0.8%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	7.2%
Households with 2+ vehicles	59.6%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	28.0 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 38 years. Residents under 15: 18.7%. Residents aged 65 and over: 16.0%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	581	6.4%
5-14	1,107	12.3%
15-19	441	4.9%
20-24	463	5.1%
25-34	1,338	14.8%
35-44	1,467	16.3%
45-54	1,123	12.5%
55-64	1,049	11.6%
65-74	804	8.9%
75-84	383	4.2%
85 and over	252	2.8%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	3,404
Average household size	2.5
One person	913	26.8%
Two persons	1,075	31.6%
Three persons	596	17.5%
Four persons	546	16.0%
Five persons	204	6.0%
Six or more persons	74	2.2%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	2,461
Couples with children	98	4.0%
Couples without children	829	33.7%
One-parent families	453	18.4%
Other families	43	1.7%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.51
Women with no children	33.3%
Women with three or more children	22.0%

Of the 1,130 couple families with children in Bayswater North, 9.6% are step or blended families.

Marital status

Marital status of residents aged 15 and over in Bayswater North.

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	45.4%
Married (de facto)	12.3%
Not married	42.3%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	3,565
Occupied	3,404	95.5%
Unoccupied	161	4.5%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	2,711	76.0%
Semi-detached or townhouse	626	17.6%
Flat or apartment	59	1.7%
Other dwelling	0	0.0%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	956	28.1%
Owned with a mortgage	1,548	45.5%
Rented	838	24.6%
Other tenure	26	0.8%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	42.5%
$350 to $549 per week	55.2%
$550 or more per week	2.4%

15.2% of renting households rent through a state or community housing provider.

Monthly mortgage repayments

Repayment band	Share of mortgaged households
Under $1,000	14.7%
$1,000 to $1,799	33.3%
$1,800 to $2,999	39.7%
$3,000 or more	12.3%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	1.4%
Two bedrooms	25.7%
Three bedrooms	47.1%
Four or more bedrooms	25.8%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	4,737
Employed	4,556	96.2%
Unemployed	184	3.9%
Not in the labour force	2,169
Unemployment rate	3.9%
Participation rate	68.6%

34.4% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

Household incomes in Bayswater North are distributed across the following weekly bands.

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	15.3%
$650 to $1,499	29.3%
$1,500 to $2,999	36.4%
$3,000 or more	19.0%

For residents aged 15 and over, personal weekly income is distributed as follows.

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	32.6%
$500 to $999	25.4%
$1,000 to $1,999	32.1%
$2,000 or more	9.9%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	2,580	56.6%
Car passenger	143	3.1%
Train	56	1.2%
Bus	25	0.5%
Tram	0	0.0%
Bicycle	26	0.6%
Walked only	39	0.9%
Worked at home	1,009	22.1%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	3,478	38.6%
No religion	4,184	46.4%
Islam	76	0.8%
Hinduism	235	2.6%
Buddhism	249	2.8%
Judaism	6	0.1%
Other or not stated	786	8.7%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

SEIFA deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged) nationally.

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	1016	6	51
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	992	6
IER (economic resources)	1009	5
IEO (education and occupation)	992	6

Where residents were born

74.9% of residents were born in Australia and 25.1% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Bayswater North are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
India	288	3.3%
England	285	3.3%
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	212	2.4%
Sri Lanka	108	1.2%
New Zealand	106	1.2%
Philippines	102	1.2%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	14.1%
2011 to 2015	13.6%
2001 to 2010	28.9%
Before 2001	43.4%

Languages spoken at home

79.5% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Bayswater North are listed below. Across all households, 3.2% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Chinese: Mandarin	280	3.3%
Chinese: Cantonese	176	2.1%
Indo-Aryan: Punjabi	100	1.2%
Indo-Aryan: Hindi	84	1.0%
Indo-Aryan: Sinhalese	84	1.0%
Vietnamese	68	0.8%

Ancestry

Residents of Bayswater North most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
Australian	3,131	26.2%
English	3,109	26.0%
Irish	866	7.2%
Scottish	789	6.6%
Chinese	606	5.1%
Indian	379	3.2%

Work and industry

The largest employment sectors for Bayswater North residents are listed below.

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Health Care and Social Assistance	699	16.1%
Construction	557	12.9%
Manufacturing	458	10.6%
Retail Trade	453	10.5%
Education and Training	359	8.3%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	308	7.1%

The most common occupations among Bayswater North residents are listed below.

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Professionals	957	21.4%
Technicians and Trades Workers	732	16.4%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	669	15.0%
Community and Personal Service Workers	519	11.6%
Managers	480	10.7%
Labourers	426	9.5%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Bayswater North, 12.5% are at university or higher education, 11.4% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 72.6% are at school.

62.0% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

The most common fields of study among Bayswater North residents with qualifications are listed below.

Field of study	People	Share
Management and Commerce	857	21.3%
Engineering and Related Technologies	668	16.6%
Society and Culture	542	13.5%
Health	479	11.9%
Education	359	8.9%
Architecture and Building	308	7.7%

Long-term health conditions

49.6% of residents report no long-term health condition. The most commonly reported conditions in Bayswater North are listed below.

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	1,084	10.5%
Asthma	932	9.0%
Arthritis	805	7.8%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	449	4.3%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	350	3.4%
Cancer (including remission)	251	2.4%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	152	1.5%
Stroke	91	0.9%
Kidney disease	80	0.8%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	72	0.7%

22.8% of residents report one condition, 7.2% report two, and 4.0% report three or more.

Community and care

How residents of Bayswater North contribute to their community (share of residents aged 15 and over).

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	12.3%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	12.9%
Provides unpaid child care	57.9%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	20.1%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	1.7%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	89.5%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	9.0%
Moved interstate in the last year	0.5%
Moved from overseas in the last year	0.5%
Same address 5 years ago	65.8%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	27.5%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	1.3%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	3.5%

Photo: Bayswater North, Victoria. Credit: Matthew Paul Argall / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 829 offences in Bayswater North in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	136
B Property and deception offences	526
C Drug offences	39
D Public order and security offences	27
E Justice procedures offences	101
F Other offences	0

That is a calculated rate of 92.0 recorded offences per 1,000 residents, based on the ABS Census 2021 population. This rate was calculated by My Victoria AU and is not a Crime Statistics Agency figure.

For context, the Maroondah local government area recorded 7,497 offences per 100,000 residents in the same period. That figure is the official Crime Statistics Agency rate for the LGA.

Five-year trend

2022
711

2023
814

2024
773

2025
1,164

2026
829

Recorded offences count crimes reported to Victoria Police in this locality, not crimes committed by or against its residents. Areas with shopping centres, transport hubs, hospitals or entertainment precincts record more offences regardless of how safe they are for people who live there. Counts are revised as investigations progress.

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, Data tables - Recorded offences, Year ending March 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Rates per 1,000 residents are calculations by My Victoria AU using ABS Census 2021 population and are not CSA figures. View the source dataset.

Location

Nearby suburbs

Croydon South (1.2 km)
Kilsyth South (2.5 km)
Bayswater (2.8 km)
Ringwood East (3.0 km)
Boronia (3.1 km)

Browse more suburbs in Maroondah, or explore the wider Greater Melbourne region of Victoria.

Data disclaimer: The statistics on this page are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Census of Population and Housing 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (ASGS Edition 3), and are used under the ABS CC BY 4.0 licence. This directory is an independent community resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the ABS.

Bayswater North

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At a glance

Age distribution

Housing tenure

Key statistics

Age profile

Households and families

Children ever born

Marital status

Housing

Weekly rent

Monthly mortgage repayments

Bedrooms per dwelling

Employment

Household income

Travel to work

Religious affiliation

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

Where residents were born

When overseas-born residents arrived

Languages spoken at home

Ancestry

Work and industry

Education

Long-term health conditions

Community and care

Moving and stability

Crime and safety

Five-year trend

Location

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