2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bunbury · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bunbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Bunbury since 2011, with 26.2% of households now consisting of just one person. This shift happens alongside a slight drop in the typical number of people per home, which now sits at 2.5.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Bunbury — higher than 64% of areas.
| Bunbury | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6230, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Bunbury holds 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and matches the state and national figures. While 35.4% of households consist of two people, those living alone have increased by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
26.2% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bunbury, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 55%, while one-parent families account for 15.9%. This last group is a little above the national figure and has risen by 2.0 percentage points over the last decade.
15.9% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bunbury, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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/ucl/UCL511001/bunbury/topic/family-households