2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bathurst · Urban Area
Family & Households in Bathurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Bathurst are couples with children, making them the most common household type. While most homes hold about 2.4 people, there has been a rise in the number of residents living on their own.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Bathurst — lower than 57% of areas.
| Bathurst | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of people in Bathurst live alone, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as across New South Wales.
28.5% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 50% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bathurst, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. This proportion has grown by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
18.3% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bathurst, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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/sua/1005/bathurst/topic/family-households