East Bunbury

14.4% of East Bunbury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

1,106 family households lived in East Bunbury; 30.6% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

29.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

East Bunbury had 4,019 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 77.0% of occupied private dwellings in East Bunbury.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

37.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

31.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.7% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in East Bunbury had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 39.3%, while 14.4% had four or more usual residents.

3.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

68.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

6.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

52.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.2% reported a different address.

18.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

86.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

18.9% of East Bunbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in East Bunbury.

Australian ancestry made up 37.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.4%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

55.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.8%.

Median household income was $1,193 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,470.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in East Bunbury, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 37.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 30.7% in East Bunbury, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.