Usher is an outer southern

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of Bunbury, a city in

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, located within the

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local government area. Located between the Indian Ocean coast and

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, it is the southernmost continuous suburb in Bunbury's metropolitan area and was named after Patrick Usher, the mayor of Bunbury from 1972 to 1983.

Demographics

In the , Usher had a population of 2,168, down from 2,251 in 2006. According to 2016 Census figures, Usher residents had a median age of 36, and the median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Usher was $586. The population of Usher was predominantly Australian-born, with 76.1% as at the 2016 census, while 5.7% were born in England and 2.4% in New Zealand. The percentage of residents that identified as

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was 5.7%. The most popular religious affiliations in descending order in the 2016 census were no religion,

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, Not Stated, and Christian. For those aged 15 and over, 42.8% were reported as being in a registered marriage, 14.2% in a de facto marriage, and 43.0% single.

Facilities

Two large areas within the suburb have been set aside as open space - the southern part contains

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forest, officially named the Usher-Dalyellup Regional Park in 2003, with an interpretative walkway leading to Maidment Parade in neighbouring Dalyellup which was opened on 8 October 2006 by the Minister for the South West, and a western section extending southward from Maidens Hill Reserve.

Education

No schools are located within Usher's boundaries, but in

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to the north, Maidens Park Primary School (formerly Withers Primary School) and a Catholic primary school, St Joseph's, provide for Usher residents' educational needs. Usher is within the catchment area for

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and is about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from the Bunbury campus of

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Transport

Usher is served by the 301 and 302 routes from Bunbury's central bus station, terminating at the intersection of Mosedale Avenue and Nalbarra Drive, with a journey time of between 12 and 22 minutes. The route is operated by

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for the Public Transport Authority.Bunbury 3
TransBunbury, effective 18 January 2004. Accessed 21 October 2007.

References

{{Towns South West WA Suburbs of Bunbury, Western Australia