Working in Bunbury

Bunbury's employment mix is what you would expect of a coastal regional city with a deep-water port. The largest employers sit in healthcare, education, government, construction and the industrial precinct around the harbour; tourism and hospitality swell in summer and over school holidays.

The main industries

The port and industry. The Port of Bunbury handles bulk commodities — mineral sands, alumina, woodchips and grain among them — and supports a cluster of transport, engineering and trades work. That is the difference between Bunbury and a purely tourism town: there is a year-round industrial base.

Health and education. Bunbury Hospital and the surrounding health services are among the bigger employers in the region. Edith Cowan University's South West campus and South Regional TAFE add teaching, administration and student-related jobs. See studying in Bunbury if you are coming for a course rather than a role.

Tourism and hospitality. Accommodation, restaurants, tours and retail track the visitor calendar. Dolphin season and the summer holidays are the peaks. The food and wine and tours pages give a sense of the businesses involved.

Construction and services. A growing city needs builders, electricians, mechanics and the usual professional services. Mining-services firms also use Bunbury as a base for work further inland and up the coast.

Looking for a role

State and national job boards list most of the advertised vacancies; local employers still fill a share of hospitality and trade roles by word of mouth. If you are relocating, read living in Bunbury alongside this page — the commute is short, but housing tightens in the same weeks the waterfront hotels fill up.

Investing rather than job-hunting? See investing in Bunbury.