BayswaterWestern Australia 路 6.6 km from the Perth CBD
What the public data says about Bayswater: who lives here, what the offence rates are, and where the figures sit against the rest of the state.
Suburb summary
Bayswater is a house suburb, and everything else follows from that. Separate houses are 80.1% of the dwellings and flats 3.8%, which is unusual this close to the city. Households average 2.4 people, and 69.5% of the 6,111 dwellings are owner occupied, more of them mortgaged (41.6%) than owned outright (27.9%).
The figures behind that are strong. Full-time work is 59.3%, unemployment 4.1% and median weekly family income $2,679 against a middle WA suburb's $2,112. 34.8% hold a bachelor degree or higher against 23.9% across the state. Public housing is 3.3% where the middle suburb is 1.5%, which on its own says little, because half of Western Australia sits above the middle, and it does not start to become a concern until 4.6%.
All six crime measures sit in the typical range, and none of them reaches the level where a rate starts to become a concern. Crime probability is 8.1 offences per 100 residents where the middle suburb is 7.1, and a rate of that kind starts to become a concern at 12.71. The one to watch is motor vehicle theft at 0.20 against a middle of 0.12, where concern starts at 0.24: about two thirds of the way there, and by some distance the closest Bayswater comes to it. Rates are 2025 offence counts over 2021 populations, so infill since then can lift a calculated rate.
Knome would treat the suburb question as largely settled here and spend the effort on the street. Where four dwellings in five are separate houses, the land does the long term work: orientation, frontage, and what the block can carry later. That holds whether you live in it or let it, and 27.6% of dwellings here are rented. Every figure above describes Bayswater as a whole, not the house you are standing in. That is what the free Red Flag Report is for: it runs bushfire, flood, traffic noise and aircraft noise against a real address.
Written by Knome, a licensed Perth buyers agency, RA87115. Published 2026.
Is Bayswater safe?WA Police 2025
8.1 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 7.1. Above 12.71 it starts to become a concern.
1.3 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 1.14. Above 2.25 it starts to become a concern.
0.44 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.32. Above 0.66 it starts to become a concern.
0.20 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.12. Above 0.24 it starts to become a concern.
0.79 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.7. Above 1.36 it starts to become a concern.
1.41 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 1.28. Above 2.51 it starts to become a concern.
Rates are offences per 100 residents. The typical WA suburb is the middle suburb, so half sit above it. A rate in the highest quarter for the state is where it starts to become a concern. Lower is safer.
Offence counts WA Police 2025 路 Populations ABS Census 2021 路 Typical WA suburb calculated by Knome
Who lives in Bayswater?ABS Census 2021
Middle WA suburb 56.2%. Below 53.5% it starts to become a concern.
Middle WA suburb 4.5%. Above 5.8% it starts to become a concern.
Middle WA suburb $2,112. Below $1,701 it starts to become a concern.
Middle WA suburb 1.5%. Above 4.6% it starts to become a concern.
Rated figures show where this suburb sits among Western Australian suburbs. Strong is the better half of the state and the far end is the outermost quarter, so the word means the same on every row. The scale always runs low to high, so green is on the right where more is better and on the left where less is.
ABS Census 2021 路 Typical WA suburb calculated by Knome
Education
| Level | Bayswater | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor degree and above | 34.8% | 23.9% |
| Advanced diploma and diploma | 10% | 9.3% |
| Certificate III and IV | 13.8% | 17.8% |
| Any post-school qualification | 58.7% | 51.1% |
ABS Census 2021 路 Of people aged 15 and over
What are the homes like in Bayswater?ABS Census 2021
Owned against rented
- Owned outright 27.9%
- With a mortgage 41.6%
- Rented 27.6%
- Other or not stated 2.9%
Of 6,111 dwellings
What the dwellings are
- Separate house 80.1%
- Semi-detached or townhouse 16%
- Flat or apartment 3.8%
- Other or not stated 0.1%
Of 6,111 dwellings
Against an address, not a suburb
Every figure above describes Bayswater as a whole, not the property you are considering.
Four more checks only mean anything against a real address, because the answer changes between two streets and sometimes between two sides of one. They are what the free Red Flag Report runs, on screen, in seconds, without asking for anything.
Whether the property sits in a bushfire prone area on the state's mapping.
Whether the floodplain mapping reaches the block, which the suburb name never tells you.
Distance and exposure to the roads that carry the traffic, street by street.
Where the property sits under the Perth Airport flight paths and noise contours.
What we have bought in BayswaterFour properties
Also bought in Bayswater
- 60/81 King William Street, Bayswater WA 6053
- 61/81 King William Street, Bayswater WA 6053
- 3/41-45 Avenell Road, Bayswater WA 6053
Addresses are a matter of public record, published by Landgate and the portals. Knome never names who bought a property.
Do you buy in Bayswater?
Yes. Knome is a Perth buyers agency and Bayswater, WA is inside the area we work. If you are looking here and want somebody on your side of the table, start a conversation on WhatsApp or Messenger.