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 most popular religious affiliations in descending order in the 2016 census were no religion, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Not Stated, and Christian.

Two large areas within the suburb have been set aside as open space - the southern part contains tuart 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,[5] and a western section extending southward from Maidens Hill Reserve.

Usher is within the catchment area for Newton Moore Senior High School and is about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from the Bunbury campus of Edith Cowan University.

[6] 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.