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Bathurst Regional CouncilCommunity profile

Bathurst Regional Council area

Household type

In Bathurst Regional Council, 68.3% of children aged 12 to 17 years were in couples with children households.

Bathurst Regional Council's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, Bathurst Regional Council's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Bathurst Regional Council - 12 to 17 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Regional NSWNumber%Regional NSW2016 to 2021
Couples with children2,36668.366.72,20169.566.8+165
Couples without children250.71.1200.61.2+5
One parent families89225.725.377224.425.7+120
Other families160.50.5130.40.5+3
Group household40.10.260.20.2-2
Lone person200.60.690.30.7+11
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households1434.15.61454.64.9-2
Total people in private dwellings3,466100.0100.03,166100.0100.0+300
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types of children aged 12 to 17 years in Bathurst Regional Council in 2021 compared to Regional NSW, shows that there was a higher proportion of children aged 12 to 17 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 68.3% of children aged 12 to 17 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 25.7% were in one-parent families, compared with 66.7% and 25.3% respectively for Regional NSW.

There was a similar proportion of children aged 12 to 17 years in lone person households and a similar proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of children aged 12 to 17 years in lone person households was 0.6% compared to 0.6% in Regional NSW while the proportion of couples without children was 0.7% compared to 1.1% in Regional NSW.

Emerging groups

The number of children aged 12 to 17 years in households in Bathurst Regional Council area increased by 300 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for children aged 12 to 17 years in Bathurst Regional Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+165 persons)
  • One parent families (+120 persons)

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