Bunbury (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 28,564 people were counted in Bunbury (C): of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 3.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C) there were 6,052 children aged 0-14 years and 5,871 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), 25,796 people were Australian citizens, 4,671 were born overseas and 118 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), 46.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.5% were separated or divorced, 6.5% were widowed and 33.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), 78.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bunbury (C) were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.7%, Italy 1.3%, Scotland 0.9% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Bunbury (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.3%, Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 20.0%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.9%, Polish 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,959 people aged 15 years and over in Bunbury (C) were in the labour force. Of these 56.8% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.6% were unemployed. 7,709 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.7%, Professionals 8.2%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bunbury (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2%, Business Services 4.2%, Education 3.7%, Health Services 3.5% and Food Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), 7,549 families were counted: of these, 38.0% were couple families without children, 40.8% were couple families with children, 19.3% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), 11,250 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bunbury (C), 79.4% were separate houses, 12.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), 31.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.4% were being purchased and 31.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 33.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 22.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury (C), 66.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.9% were single (or lone) person households and 4.3% were group households.