2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bunbury · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Bunbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Bunbury, though the area has a high number of people living alone. This mix creates a diverse household landscape where the typical home is smaller than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Bunbury — lower than 86% of areas.
| Bunbury | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 34% of people in Bunbury live alone, a figure that rose 4.1 points since 2011 and is well above the national average. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas.
34.0% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bunbury splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has grown by 1.9 points since 2011 and is much higher than in most similar areas.
19.4% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bunbury, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (19%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51190/bunbury/topic/family-households