Bathurst Regional (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 38,519 people in Bathurst Regional (A) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bathurst Regional (A) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Bathurst Regional (A) aged 15 years and over, 46.1% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bathurst Regional (A) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bathurst Regional (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bathurst Regional (A) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Bathurst Regional (A) 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 23.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bathurst Regional (A) were Australian 32.9%, English 30.1%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 7.3% and German 2.6%.

In Bathurst Regional (A), 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.4%, Germany 0.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3%.

In Bathurst Regional (A), 79.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bathurst Regional (A) were Catholic 34.1%, Anglican 23.2%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Bathurst Regional (A) 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.3%, Mandarin 0.2%, German 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 18,519 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bathurst Regional (A). Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bathurst Regional (A), 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bathurst Regional (A) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bathurst Regional (A) included Professionals 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Managers 12.3%, Labourers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Bathurst Regional (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Tertiary Education 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Hospitals 3.0% and State Government Administration 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bathurst Regional (A) was $544.

In Bathurst Regional (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 4.7%, Truck 1.4% and Bicycle 0.6%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bathurst Regional (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Bathurst Regional (A), 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bathurst Regional (A), 42.6% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

In Bathurst Regional (A) 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bathurst Regional (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,204 and those without children was $1,977.

Employment status of couple families

In Bathurst Regional (A), of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bathurst Regional (A), 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bathurst Regional (A), 85.4% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Bathurst Regional (A), of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bathurst Regional (A), 32.7% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 29.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bathurst Regional (A), of all households, 70.0% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Bathurst Regional (A), 25.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Bathurst Regional (A), 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bathurst Regional (A), there were 1,635 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 854 (or 52.2%) were male and 781 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 20 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Bathurst Regional (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $943.

In Bathurst Regional (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.