2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bathurst Regional · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Bathurst Regional
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rising share of single-parent families and people living alone marks the recent shift in Bathurst Regional. While the typical number of people per home has stayed at 2.5 since 2011, these changes in household makeup show a move away from traditional family structures.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Bathurst Regional — higher than 71% of areas.
| Bathurst Regional | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.6% of people here live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is a little above the national figure. The most common household size is two people, accounting for 34.8% of all homes.
27.6% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bathurst Regional, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the state figure and has risen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
16.9% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bathurst Regional, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bathurst Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10470/bathurst-regional/topic/family-households