Bayswater, Victoria
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| Bayswater Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Mountain Highway, Bayswater | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°50′35″S 145°16′05″E / 37.843°S 145.268°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 12,262 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,552/km2 (4,020/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3153 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | City of Knox | ||||||||||||||
| County | Mornington | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bayswater | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Aston | ||||||||||||||
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Bayswater is a residential and industrial suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 km (17 mi) east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Bayswater recorded a population of 12,262 at the 2021 census.[1]
The first Post Office in the area was Scoresby North, which opened on 8 May 1882 and renamed Macauley in 1884. When the railway arrived in 1889, a Bayswater office near the station replaced Macauley. In 1998 Bayswater Village (at the shopping centre of that name) office replaced Bayswater.[2]
In the late 1940s, a number of German Templers (just released from the Tatura Internment Camp) settled in Bayswater and Boronia. Part of the Temple Society Australia, they built a Community Centre (1961) in Elizabeth Street and a Retirement Village, as well as Nursing Home Tabulam,[3] in partnership with the Australian German Welfare Society (AGWS).
The Bayswater Wine Cellar is the oldest building in the region, erected in the mid 19th century to service loggers that travelled between the city and the Dandenongs. It was sold to a developer in late 2017.[4]
Education
Schools currently in Bayswater include Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Bayswater Primary School, Bayswater South Primary School, Bayswater West Primary School and Bayswater Secondary College (formerly Bayswater High School).
The Bayswater library is located inside the Mountain High Shopping Centre.[5]
Transport
Train
Bayswater Station[6] is located near the Mountain Highway, and is on the Belgrave line.[7]
Bus
Bayswater is serviced by the following bus routes:
- 664 Chirnside Park - Knox City via Croydon & Bayswater[8]
- 737 Croydon - Monash University via Boronia & Knox City Shopping Centre & Glen Waverley[9]
- 745 Knox City - Bayswater - Wantirna Primary School[10]
- 745a Knox City - Bayswater[11]
- 745b Bayswater - Boronia Station[12]
- 745c Bayswater - Wantirna Primary School[13]
- 745d Bayswater - Wantirna Primary School via Mountain Highway[14]
- 753 Glen Waverley - Bayswater via Wheelers Hill & Knoxfield & Boronia[15]
- 755 Bayswater - Knox City via Basin & Boronia & Ferntree Gully[16]
- 967 Night bus: Glen Waverley - Burwood Hwy - Bayswater (returns via Bayswater North - Ferntree Gully)[17]
Demographics
| Year | Population |
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| 1911 | 896 |
| 1947 | 1,694 |
| 2001 | 10,288 |
| 2006 | 10,738 |
| 2011 | 11,240 |
| Source: Bayswater | Victorian Places | |
In the 2021 census, the following was recorded:[18]
- Top responses for country of birth:
- Australia: 7,483 (61.0%)
- China: 664 (5.4%)
- India: 485 (4.0%)
- England: 325 (2.7%)
- Malaysia: 249 (2.0%)
- Philippines: 225 (1.8%)
- Top responses for religious affiliation:
- No religion: 5,309 (43.3%)
- Catholic: 2,011 (16.4%)
- Anglican: 713 (5.8%)
- Not stated: 708 (5.8%)
- Hinduism: 496 (4.0%)
- Top responses for languages used at home:
- English: 7,978 (65.1%)
- Mandarin: 805 (6.6%)
- Cantonese: 495 (4.0%)
- German: 206 (1.7%)
- Vietnamese: 157 (1.3%)
- Sinhalese: 151 (1.2%)
