South Bunbury

17.0% of South Bunbury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

2,306 family households lived in South Bunbury; 35.6% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

36.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

South Bunbury had 8,810 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 73.7% of occupied private dwellings in South Bunbury.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

36.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

32.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in South Bunbury had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 17.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

68.7% 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 2.7% walked or cycled.

5.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

One-car households formed 41.2% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.0% reported a different address.

19.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

7.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

19.5% of South Bunbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.6% of ancestry responses in South Bunbury.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

21.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

33.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

56.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.1%.

Median household income was $1,438 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

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

Working from home was 5.1% in South Bunbury, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 36.3% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 31.6% in South Bunbury, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.