Bayswater bushfire risk

Of Bayswater’s 10,685 mapped properties, 2.1% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.

For context, Bayswater’s bushfire exposure is below the WA average of 21.7%.

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Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

No data yet
Flood mapping
2.1%
Of properties in a bushfire area
10,685
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Bayswater

Flood and bushfire areas across Bayswater. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Bayswater

Bayswater sits in the Mirrabooka police district, which recorded 23,984 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
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Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 23,984 total. Figures are for the whole Mirrabooka police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Zoning in Bayswater

Bayswater is mostly special purpose. The most common zones:

Special purpose99.7% of properties

Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.

Zone: Special purpose

Other0.1% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Public purposes

Other0.1% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: Public purposes

Who lives in Bayswater

At the 2021 Census, 31.3% of Bayswater’s 15,288 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

English38.1%
Australian30.5%
Irish11.7%
Scottish9.5%
Italian7%
Chinese4.4%

Top countries of birth

England6.4%
New Zealand2.6%
India2.4%
Vietnam1.3%
Ireland1.2%
Italy1.1%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Bayswater

Bayswater council approved 276 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

276
Dwellings/yr
227
Houses
49
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Bayswater council area (not just Bayswater). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Other suburbs in Bayswater

Compare Bayswater with the rest of the council area, largest first.

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.