Wantirna vs Bayswater

Bayswater is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 41 in Wantirna. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Wantirna, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Wantirna: a median of $1.09 million, against $900,000 in Bayswater, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Wantirna tends to suit couples, while Bayswater suits people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Wantirna

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (4 vs 1)
  • has more parks and reserves (41 vs 16)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (90% vs 62%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Bayswater

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper units ($677,500 vs $830,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($900,000 vs $1,095,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Bayswater

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (34% vs 20%)
  • has cheaper rent ($375/wk vs $428/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Wantirna

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (31.9 km vs 34.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Bayswater

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (38% vs 10%)
  • has more GPs (5 vs 3)
  • But Wantirna carries lower crime risk (56/100 vs 77/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield, unit yield, and population growth.

Where they sit

Wantirna and Bayswater drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Wantirna Bayswater
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Wantirna Bayswater
Walkability 85 / 91
Wantirna — Walkability: 85/100 Bayswater — Walkability: 91/100
Safety 44 / 23
Wantirna — Safety: 44/100 Bayswater — Safety: 23/100
Low fire risk 100 / 83
Wantirna — Low fire risk: 100/100 Bayswater — Low fire risk: 83/100
Low flood risk 34 / 41
Wantirna — Low flood risk: 34/100 Bayswater — Low flood risk: 41/100

Demographics

Wantirna has higher household incomes ($98,072 vs $83,096); Wantirna rents higher ($428/wk vs $375/wk).

Wantirna Bayswater
Population 14,237
+14% vs other
 12,262
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.0% +4.3%
Median age 41 38
Median household income $98,072/yr
+15% vs other
 $83,096/yr
Median weekly rent $428/wk
+12% vs other
 $375/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Wantirna Bayswater
0-4 5.4% / 5.8%
Wantirna — 0-4: 5.4% Bayswater — 0-4: 5.8%
5-14 13.1% / 10.6%
Wantirna — 5-14: 13.1% Bayswater — 5-14: 10.6%
15-19 5.4% / 4.5%
Wantirna — 15-19: 5.4% Bayswater — 15-19: 4.5%
20-24 5.3% / 5.9%
Wantirna — 20-24: 5.3% Bayswater — 20-24: 5.9%
25-34 10.7% / 16.4%
Wantirna — 25-34: 10.7% Bayswater — 25-34: 16.4%
35-44 14.7% / 15.9%
Wantirna — 35-44: 14.7% Bayswater — 35-44: 15.9%
45-54 12.3% / 12.2%
Wantirna — 45-54: 12.3% Bayswater — 45-54: 12.2%
55-64 12.1% / 10.8%
Wantirna — 55-64: 12.1% Bayswater — 55-64: 10.8%
65-74 12.6% / 8.9%
Wantirna — 65-74: 12.6% Bayswater — 65-74: 8.9%
75-84 5.8% / 6.2%
Wantirna — 75-84: 5.8% Bayswater — 75-84: 6.2%
85+ 2.7% / 2.8%
Wantirna — 85+: 2.7% Bayswater — 85+: 2.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Wantirna 57.5% couple families
Wantirna — Couple Families: 57.5% Wantirna — Lone Person: 23.5% Wantirna — One Parent Families: 15.4% Wantirna — Group Household: 2.7% Wantirna — Other Families: 1.0%
Bayswater 38.0% couple families
Bayswater — Couple Families: 38.0% Bayswater — Lone Person: 37.7% Bayswater — One Parent Families: 17.8% Bayswater — Group Household: 4.9% Bayswater — Other Families: 1.7%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Wantirna 20.5% renting
Wantirna — Owned Outright: 40.5% Wantirna — Mortgage: 39.0% Wantirna — Renting: 20.5%
Bayswater 34.5% renting
Bayswater — Owned Outright: 28.3% Bayswater — Mortgage: 37.2% Bayswater — Renting: 34.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Wantirna Bayswater
Bachelor Degree 17.1% / 14.7%
Wantirna — Bachelor Degree: 17.1% Bayswater — Bachelor Degree: 14.7%
Certificate III & IV 10.5% / 13.8%
Wantirna — Certificate III & IV: 10.5% Bayswater — Certificate III & IV: 13.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.1% / 8.6%
Wantirna — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.1% Bayswater — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.6%
Postgraduate Degree 6.6% / 5.6%
Wantirna — Postgraduate Degree: 6.6% Bayswater — Postgraduate Degree: 5.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 1.9%
Wantirna — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Bayswater — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Wantirna Bayswater
China 9.5% / 5.4%
Wantirna — China: 9.5% Bayswater — China: 5.4%
India 4.3% / 4.0%
Wantirna — India: 4.3% Bayswater — India: 4.0%
Malaysia 3.5% / 2.0%
Wantirna — Malaysia: 3.5% Bayswater — Malaysia: 2.0%
England 2.2% / 2.7%
Wantirna — England: 2.2% Bayswater — England: 2.7%
Sri Lanka 2.0% / 1.5%
Wantirna — Sri Lanka: 2.0% Bayswater — Sri Lanka: 1.5%
Philippines 1.0% / 1.8%
Wantirna — Philippines: 1.0% Bayswater — Philippines: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (9.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Wantirna 90.3% houses
Wantirna — Houses: 90.3% Wantirna — Townhouses: 9.7% Wantirna — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Bayswater 61.7% houses
Bayswater — Houses: 61.7% Bayswater — Townhouses: 27.3% Bayswater — Flats / Apartments: 11.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Wantirna Bayswater
Median house price $1,095,000 $900,000
Median unit price $830,000 $677,500
Median land price — $800,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 24 days
from 135 sales
 24 days
from 158 sales

Unit price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Wantirna Bayswater
2 bed $680K / $615K
Wantirna — 2 bed: $680K (8 sales) Bayswater — 2 bed: $615K (73 sales)

8 vs 73 sales

3 bed $830K / $760K
Wantirna — 3 bed: $830K (16 sales) Bayswater — 3 bed: $760K (45 sales)

16 vs 45 sales

4 bed $1.27M / $877K
Wantirna — 4 bed: $1.27M (7 sales) Bayswater — 4 bed: $877K (5 sales)

7 vs 5 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Wantirna Bayswater
2 bed $710K / $718K
Wantirna — 2 bed: $710K (7 sales) Bayswater — 2 bed: $718K (9 sales)

7 vs 9 sales

3 bed $970K / $860K
Wantirna — 3 bed: $970K (78 sales) Bayswater — 3 bed: $860K (129 sales)

78 vs 129 sales

4 bed $1.17M / $980K
Wantirna — 4 bed: $1.17M (97 sales) Bayswater — 4 bed: $980K (78 sales)

97 vs 78 sales

5 bed $1.45M / $1.11M
Wantirna — 5 bed: $1.45M (25 sales) Bayswater — 5 bed: $1.11M (12 sales)

25 vs 12 sales

Zoning mix

Bayswater has more industrially zoned land (32% vs 0%).

Wantirna Bayswater
Residential 60% 50%
Industrial 0% 32%
Infrastructure and transport 22% 11%
Parks and recreation 14% 5%
Commercial 1% 2%
Other and special use 1% 0%
Rural and farming 1%
same for both
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Wantirna Bayswater
New dwellings approved 577
across Knox
same for both
Approvals change year on year -14%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Wantirna Bayswater
Houses 3.6%
$720/wk on $1.05M
 4.0%
$660/wk on $855K
Units 4.3%
$555/wk on $675K
 4.5%
$580/wk on $672K

Ranking within VIC

Wantirna Bayswater
House price Higher than 77% of VIC Higher than 68% of VIC
Income Higher than 71% of VIC Higher than 51% of VIC
Schools Higher than 91% of VIC Higher than 49% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 94% of VIC Higher than 97% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 23% of VIC Higher than 25% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 94% of VIC Higher than 70% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 81% of VIC Higher than 83% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 40% of VIC Higher than 69% of VIC
Rental yield (units) Higher than 19% of VIC Higher than 31% of VIC

Liveability

Wantirna scores higher overall (74 vs 51).

Wantirna Bayswater
Grade A B
Score 74/100 51/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Bayswater carries more bushfire risk (17 vs 0); Bayswater carries more crime risk (77 vs 56).

Wantirna Bayswater
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
17/100
Crime Moderate
56/100
 High
77/100
Flood Moderate
66/100
 Moderate
59/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 7
within 5 km
 13
within 5 km

Schools

Wantirna Bayswater
Inside the suburb 6 5
Rated above peers 4 1
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 1 2

Schools in Wantirna

  • Regency Park Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Luke's School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Templeton Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Wantirna College Government · Secondary above peers
  • Wantirna Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • Yea High School-Chinese Community Centre Government · Secondary

Schools in Bayswater

  • Bayswater South Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Bayswater Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Our Lady of Lourdes School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Bayswater Secondary College Government · Secondary below peers
  • Bayswater West Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Wantirna Bayswater
Supermarkets 1 4
Cafes & restaurants 13 21
Parks & reserves 41 16
Childcare 8 10
GPs 3 5
Pharmacies 3
same for both
Hospitals 2 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 4
Fuel stations 3 5
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 3 5

Mobility

Bayswater sits further from the CBD (34.5 km vs 31.9 km).

Wantirna Bayswater
Walkability score 85/100 91/100
Distance to Melbourne 31.9 km 34.5 km
+8% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 34 min 37 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 93/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 190.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 129.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.0%
postcode 3152
 0.8%
postcode 3153
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 38
postcode 3152
 34
postcode 3153

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Wantirna Bayswater
Car (driver) 59.4% / 62.3%
Wantirna — Car (driver): 59.4% Bayswater — Car (driver): 62.3%
Worked from Home 31.9% / 27.4%
Wantirna — Worked from Home: 31.9% Bayswater — Worked from Home: 27.4%
Car (passenger) 3.9% / 4.1%
Wantirna — Car (passenger): 3.9% Bayswater — Car (passenger): 4.1%
Train 2.3% / 3.6%
Wantirna — Train: 2.3% Bayswater — Train: 3.6%
Walked Only 1.1% / 1.3%
Wantirna — Walked Only: 1.1% Bayswater — Walked Only: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (62.3%).

Setting

Wantirna Bayswater
Elevation 129 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 117 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 21.0 km 23.9 km

NBN connectivity

Wantirna Bayswater
Connectivity score 73/100 75/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 8%
6,143 premises
 11%
7,714 premises

Climate

Wantirna Bayswater
Annual rainfall 777 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.3°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Wantirna Bayswater
PM2.5 4.3 µg/m³ —
PM10 — 15.5 µg/m³
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Wantirna Bayswater
Average residential rate $1,732/yr
same for both
Council Knox
same for both

Federal electorate

Wantirna Bayswater
Division Aston
same for both
Member Mary Doyle
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Wantirna Bayswater
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Wantirna

Large Blocks Multicultural Outer Parks

Bayswater

Easy Commute Outer Parks Townhouses Transport Hub

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