2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bathurst · State Electorate
Family & Households in Bathurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Bathurst than in 2011, with nearly 30% of households now consisting of just one person. This shift contributes to a smaller typical household size, though family units still make up the majority of the local population.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bathurst — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bathurst | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of households consist of one person, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Because of this, the typical home in Bathurst holds 2.4 people, which is slightly lower than the national figure of 2.5.
29.8% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bathurst, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.8% of the local total, which is a little above the national figure and has risen over the last decade. Couples with children are the most common family type at 52.2%.
16.8% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bathurst, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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/sed/SED10007/bathurst/topic/family-households