Map of Bathurst, NSW 2795 - Census Demographics - Melway, Sydway, Brisway, Ausway, Street Smart (original) (raw)

Bathurst is a regional city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 200 km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council. Bathurst is the oldest inland settlement in Australia and had an urban population of 28,992 people on the 2006 census night. Bathurst City is the 29th largest population area of the 135 regional NSW population areas in 2009. Residents of Bathurst are known as Bathurstians .

Bathurst is often referred to as Gold Country as it was the site of the first gold discovery and where the first gold rush occurred in Australia. Today it is education and manufacturing that drive the economy as well as motorsport at the internationally famous Mount Panorama motor racing circuit. The city has an historic city centre with many buildings remaining from the gold rush period of the mid to late 1800s.

The median age of the population is a relatively young 32.9 years this is related to the large education sector in the community and is particularly young for a regional centre, the state average is 36.4. Population growth has reached 2.2% per annum and that places Bathurst in number one position in growth across all NSW regional centres. This growth over recent years has seen the construction of new shopping centres and retail precincts, sporting facilities, housing estates, and expanding industrial areas.