Bunbury

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 18,531 people were counted in Bunbury: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 2.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury there were 3,756 children aged 0-14 years and 4,084 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, 16,781 people were Australian citizens, 3,241 were born overseas and 94 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, 45.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.1% were separated or divorced, 7.3% were widowed and 32.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, 77.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bunbury were England 6.9%, New Zealand 1.7%, Italy 1.2%, Scotland 1.0% and South Africa 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Bunbury on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.8%, Polish 0.7%, Netherlandic 0.4%, Greek 0.2% and French 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,211 people aged 15 years and over in Bunbury were in the labour force. Of these 57.1% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.4% were unemployed. 4,970 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Associate Professionals 7.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bunbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Education 4.0%, Health Services 3.7% and Food Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, 4,868 families were counted: of these, 38.7% were couple families without children, 39.7% were couple families with children, 19.7% 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, 7,558 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bunbury, 74.2% were separate houses, 15.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.4% were being purchased and 33.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 33.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bunbury, 63.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 28.1% were single (or lone) person households and 4.6% were group households.