West Busselton

16.9% of West Busselton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

2,393 family households lived in West Busselton; 35.1% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

34.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

West Busselton had 8,869 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 85.6% of occupied private dwellings in West Busselton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

38.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

31.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

The average household in West Busselton had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 36.7%, while 17.8% 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.

66.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

One-car households formed 41.7% of the total.

53.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.7% reported a different address.

17.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.3% of West Busselton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.7% 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 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.0% of ancestry responses in West Busselton.

Australian ancestry made up 39.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

54.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.0%.

Median household income was $1,185 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 38.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 30.0% in West Busselton, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.