2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bathurst · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Bathurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than most similar areas defines the home lives of people in Bathurst. While the typical household size matches the national figure of 2.5 people, there is a growing number of people living on their own.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Bathurst — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bathurst | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two people live in 35.4% of homes, while 27.8% are single-person households. This last group has grown slightly since 2011 and is now a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
27.8% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bathurst, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.5% of families. One-parent families account for 16.6% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14% and has risen since 2011.
16.6% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bathurst, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10301/bathurst/topic/family-households