2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Bunbury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Bunbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living set East Bunbury apart from most similar areas. Small household sizes are common here, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people. This is a little below the figure for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is East Bunbury — lower than 81% of areas.
| East Bunbury | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than in most other areas.
35.0% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Bunbury splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 43.5%, followed by couples without children at 36.8%.
17.4% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Bunbury, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 East Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50452/east-bunbury/topic/family-households