East Bunbury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,011 people in East Bunbury of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in East Bunbury was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in East Bunbury aged 15 years and over, 46.8% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Bunbury was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In East Bunbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Bunbury was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In East Bunbury 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Bunbury were English 29.7%, Australian 29.0%, Italian 7.2%, Scottish 6.5% and Irish 6.3%.

In East Bunbury, 72.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 3.0%, Italy 2.3%, Philippines 1.5% and Scotland 1.1%.

In East Bunbury, 55.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Bunbury were Catholic 27.7%, No Religion 24.1%, Anglican 21.0%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Christian, nfd 2.6%.

In East Bunbury 84.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.4%, Greek 0.9%, Filipino 0.6%, Mandarin 0.6% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,994 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Bunbury. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Bunbury, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Bunbury was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in East Bunbury included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Labourers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Professionals 12.5%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Managers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in East Bunbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 5.0%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Bunbury was $534.

In East Bunbury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Walked only 3.8%, Bus 2.3% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Bunbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in East Bunbury, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Bunbury, 33.4% were couple families with children, 46.6% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In East Bunbury 18.1% of single parents were male and 81.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Bunbury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,320 and those without children was $2,208.

Employment status of couple families

In East Bunbury, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Bunbury, 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Bunbury, 75.3% were separate houses, 24.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In East Bunbury, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Bunbury, 34.8% were owned outright, 25.7% were owned with a mortgage and 33.3% were rented.

Household composition

In East Bunbury, of all households, 65.6% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In East Bunbury, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In East Bunbury, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Bunbury, there were 81 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 44.4%) were male and 45 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 29 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In East Bunbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $666.

In East Bunbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,082.