Bathurst Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Bathurst (2795) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 159 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Bathurst is in the federal electorate of Calare.

In the 2011 census the population of Bathurst was 6,634 and is comprised of approximately 49.8% females and 50.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bathurst is 35 years of age.

80.7% of people living in the suburb of Bathurst were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% England, 1.2% New Zealand, 0.6% China , 0.5% India, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Sudan, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Vietnam.

87.1% of people living in Bathurst speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Other, 0.6% Arabic, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.5% Cantonese, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% German, 0.2% Other, 0.2% Hindi.

The religious makeup of Bathurst is 33.5% Catholic, 19.9% Anglican, 19.2% No religion, 9.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.3% Uniting Church, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.5% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Other religious affiliation , 1.3% Baptist.

30.5% of people are married, 48.0% have never married and 10.4% are divorced and 4.1% are separated. There are 412 widowed people living in Bathurst.

56.9% of the people living in Bathurst over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.8% are working on a part time basis. Bathurst has an unemployment rate of 6.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Bathurst are 23.2% Professionals, 12.9% Technicians & trades workers, 12.9% Community & personal service workers, 12.0% Sales workers, 12.0% Labourers, 10.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.7% Managers, 5.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bathurst work in are 13.6% Education and training, 12.9% Retail trade, 12.6% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Accommodation and food services, 8.8% Manufacturing, 7.5% Public administration and safety, 6.2% Construction, 4.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.2% Other services.

27.5% of homes are fully owned, and 20.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 48.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $509 per week and the median household income is $866 per week.

The median rent in Bathurst is $210 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1408 per month.

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