Albion Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,872 people in Albion Park of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Albion Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Albion Park aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Albion Park was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Albion Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Albion Park was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Albion Park 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Albion Park were Australian 33.3%, English 30.5%, Scottish 6.6%, Irish 6.4% and German 3.8%.

In Albion Park, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, Germany 0.8%, Scotland 0.7%, New Zealand 0.6% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Albion Park, 63.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Albion Park were Catholic 30.3%, Anglican 27.6%, No Religion 18.3%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Albion Park 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.8%, Italian 0.6%, Macedonian 0.6%, German 0.6% and Maltese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 6,511 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Albion Park. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Albion Park, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Albion Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Albion Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Professionals 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Labourers 9.6% and Managers 9.3%.

Of the employed people in Albion Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.8%, School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Albion Park was $556.

In Albion Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.9%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 1.3%, Walked only 1.3% and Train 0.5%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Albion Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Albion Park, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Albion Park, 53.9% were couple families with children, 30.6% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Albion Park 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Albion Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,157 and those without children was $1,979.

Employment status of couple families

In Albion Park, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Albion Park, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albion Park, 86.8% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Albion Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albion Park, 27.9% were owned outright, 53.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Albion Park, of all households, 85.0% were family households, 14.0% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Albion Park, 18.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Albion Park, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Albion Park, there were 272 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 134 (or 49.3%) were male and 138 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 17 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Albion Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,351.

In Albion Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,777.