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Bayswater is in Bayswater LGA, WA, postcode 6053, with population 15,288.
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The local employment base leans toward healthcare and professional services. Local taxable income moved +4.1% year-on-year in the latest ATO series. WA employment is up +1.1% year-on-year (+18K jobs) and +17.0% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.
WA has 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2024-10-02. This suburb also matches 91 local transport stops or stations, which adds nearby access context but does not prove direct project exposure. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.
Bayswater is a well-established suburb in Western Australia within the Bayswater local government area (postcode 6053). With a population of 15,288, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $106K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
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Bayswater is a well-established suburb in Western Australia within the Bayswater local government area (postcode 6053). With a population of 15,288, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $106K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Bayswater is $810,000, having surged 14.1% over the past year. Units have a median price of $400,000 (+11.1% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $660. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.2%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.
Bayswater is served by 4 schools, including 3 primary, 1 special. The average ICSEA score is 1071, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 2 rail stations, 89 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, Bayswater offers a gross rental yield of 4.2%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($810K/$951K). The price-to-income ratio of 7.6x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +14.1% year-on-year.
Bayswater is a well-established suburb in Western Australia within the Bayswater local government area (postcode 6053). With a population of 15,288, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $106K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Bayswater is $810,000, having surged 14.1% over the past year. Units have a median price of $400,000 (+11.1% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $660. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.2%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.
Bayswater is served by 4 schools, including 3 primary, 1 special. The average ICSEA score is 1071, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 2 rail stations, 89 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, Bayswater offers a gross rental yield of 4.2%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($810K/$951K). The price-to-income ratio of 7.6x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +14.1% year-on-year.