2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bunbury · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Bunbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Bunbury than a decade ago, with the share of single-person households rising to 26%. While the typical home contains 2.5 people, the area has a higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar places.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Bunbury — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bunbury | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bunbury hold 2.5 people on average, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 36.5%, while those living alone have increased since 2011 to reach 26%.
26.0% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bunbury, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.1%, a figure that is a little above the Western Australian average and has risen since 2011.
15.1% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bunbury, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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/sa3/50102/bunbury/topic/family-households