East Bunbury
WA 6230 · Bunbury
4,019 (2021) → 4,336 est. (2025) · Moderate Growth
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
East Bunbury is a moderate growth suburb in Bunbury, WA 6230, about 155km from Perth CBD. Recent property sales in East Bunbury are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 2 schools, a transport score of 74/100, and is a short drive from the coast. East Bunbury has an overall score of 68/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 5/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (5.13%), New Zealand (2.61%), Italy (1.22%), India (1.17%), Scotland (1.14%)
Top languages: Italian (1.72%), Greek (0.62%), Punjabi (0.6%), Mandarin (0.52%), Vietnamese (0.52%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
WAdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the police-region average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same region share the same figures.
Visitor / tourist hub. This suburb attracts significant visitor and tourist traffic. Crime figures are recorded by incident location and include offences involving visitors, not just residents, so the per-resident rates below may overstate the risk for people living here.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
These totals are recorded by incident location and include offences involving the suburb's many visitors, not just residents.
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: WA Police (regional aggregate) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 978 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Bunbury Catholic CollegeSecondary · CatholicICSEA 1049
- Cooinda Primary SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 971
Nearby (within 10km)
- St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 1.4kmICSEA 1066
- South Bunbury Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.5kmICSEA 997
- Carey Park Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.5kmICSEA 894
- South Bunbury Education Support CentrePrimary · Government · 1.6kmICSEA 942
- Grace Christian SchoolCombined · Independent · 1.9kmICSEA 1062
- Bunbury Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 2kmICSEA 1071
- Djidi Djidi Aboriginal SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.4kmICSEA 720
- Bunbury Senior High SchoolSecondary · Government · 2.7kmICSEA 1017
- Bunbury Regional Community College - Blair Street CampusSecondary · Independent · 2.7km
- Picton Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.8kmICSEA 935
- Manea Senior CollegeSecondary · Government · 3.2kmICSEA 1033
- College Row SchoolCombined · Government · 3.2kmICSEA 969
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
Population & Growth
Moderate GrowthSource: ABS ERP & NSW DPHI
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Frequently asked questions about East Bunbury
Is East Bunbury safe?
East Bunbury has a residential safety score of 5/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 84,294 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is East Bunbury from Perth CBD?
East Bunbury is about 155.3 km from Perth CBD.
What schools are in East Bunbury?
East Bunbury has 2 schools, with an average ICSEA of 1010 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in East Bunbury?
East Bunbury has a transport score of 74/100 and 30 bus stops.