West Bathurst Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

West Bathurst (2795) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 160 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. West Bathurst is in the federal electorate of Calare.

In the 2011 census the population of West Bathurst was 3,838 and is comprised of approximately 52.3% females and 47.7% males.

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

85.9% of people living in the suburb of West Bathurst were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.8% England, 1.2% New Zealand, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Germany, 0.3% India, 0.3% China , 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% France, 0.2% Vietnam, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.1% Korea, Republic of , 0.1% Papua New Guinea.

91.8% of people living in West Bathurst speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Other, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.2% French, 0.2% German, 0.2% Serbian, 0.2% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.2% Dutch, 0.1% Filipino .

The religious makeup of West Bathurst is 34.4% Catholic, 21.4% Anglican, 17.0% No religion, 9.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Uniting Church, 3.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Baptist, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Other religious affiliation , 0.8% Brethren.

39.4% of people are married, 40.3% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 4.4% are separated. There are 205 widowed people living in West Bathurst.

57.3% of the people living in West Bathurst over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.9% are working on a part time basis. West Bathurst has an unemployment rate of 8.6%.

The main occupations of people living in West Bathurst are 18.0% Professionals, 15.2% Labourers, 14.3% Technicians & trades workers, 14.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.6% Community & personal service workers, 10.5% Sales workers, 8.7% Managers, 6.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from West Bathurst work in are 13.0% Education and training, 12.9% Health care and social assistance, 12.6% Manufacturing, 10.1% Retail trade, 8.4% Accommodation and food services, 8.1% Public administration and safety, 6.5% Construction, 5.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.6% Other services.

32.4% of homes are fully owned, and 29.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 34.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $505 per week and the median household income is $990 per week.

The median rent in West Bathurst is $210 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1361 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for West Bathurst postcode 2795