Bathurst

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 26,920 people were counted in Bathurst: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 3.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst there were 5,732 children aged 0-14 years and 5,159 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, 24,544 people were Australian citizens, 2,117 were born overseas and 116 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, 45.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.3% were separated or divorced, 6.3% were widowed and 38.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, 87.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bathurst were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.5%, Germany 0.3% and Netherlands 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Bathurst on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.2%, Anglican 25.9%, No Religion 9.4%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, German 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 12,666 people aged 15 years and over in Bathurst were in the labour force. Of these 56.6% worked full-time, 31.9% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.3% were unemployed. 7,794 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.4%, Associate Professionals 5.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bathurst, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 6.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%, Health Services 3.9%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 3.7% and Business Services 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, 6,510 families were counted: of these, 34.1% were couple families without children, 45.8% were couple families with children, 18.3% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, 9,745 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bathurst, 78.6% were separate houses, 8.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.8% were being purchased and 32.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 19.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 25.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bathurst, 66.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.3% were single (or lone) person households and 5.1% were group households.