West Bathurst

19.4% of West Bathurst's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

923 family households lived in West Bathurst; 32.4% were couple families and 28.5% were one-parent families.

39.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

West Bathurst had 3,634 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 94.3% of occupied private dwellings in West Bathurst.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

32.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

28.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in West Bathurst had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.2%, while 18.3% had four or more usual residents.

9.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

67.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

8.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 42.5% of the total.

48.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.1% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

87.5% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

8.5% of West Bathurst's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in West Bathurst.

Australian ancestry made up 40.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 6.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.9% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.6% reported asthma, 11.1% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.2%.

Median household income was $1,299 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,443.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 9.0% in West Bathurst, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 32.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 39.1% in West Bathurst, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.