It is located in the local government area of the City of Bunbury.

The South Bunbury Football Club's home ground is located at Hands Oval in South Bunbury.

The Bunbury Dynamos Football Club play at Forest Park in South Bunbury.

The Bunbury Wildlife Park (previously known as Big Swamp Wildlife Park) is located in the suburb.

There are more than 50 species of mostly native Australian animals at the park including wombats, kangaroos, wallabies, quokkas, potoroos, dingoes, native parrots, lizards, pythons and tree frog.