South Bunbury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,174 people in South Bunbury of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in South Bunbury was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.9% of the population.

Of people in South Bunbury aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Bunbury was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In South Bunbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Bunbury was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In South Bunbury 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Bunbury were English 31.8%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.8% and Italian 5.0%.

In South Bunbury, 74.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 2.7%, Italy 1.4%, South Africa 1.3% and Philippines 0.9%.

In South Bunbury, 56.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Bunbury were Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 25.2%, Anglican 22.4%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In South Bunbury 87.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.0%, Tagalog 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Filipino 0.3% and Arabic 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,220 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Bunbury. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Bunbury, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Bunbury was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in South Bunbury included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Professionals 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 10.5%, Managers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in South Bunbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.5% and Building Installation Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Bunbury was $618.

In South Bunbury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 2.7%, Bus 2.2% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Bunbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 South Bunbury, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Bunbury, 35.1% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In South Bunbury 19.9% of single parents were male and 80.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Bunbury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,467 and those without children was $2,280.

Employment status of couple families

In South Bunbury, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Bunbury, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Bunbury, 74.7% were separate houses, 18.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In South Bunbury, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 46.7% 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 South Bunbury, 34.2% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 32.4% were rented.

Household composition

In South Bunbury, of all households, 65.7% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In South Bunbury, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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 South Bunbury, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Bunbury, there were 119 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 43.7%) were male and 67 (or 56.3%) were female. The median age was 26 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 South Bunbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,187.

In South Bunbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,816.