Albion Park Rail

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,003 people in Albion Park Rail of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Albion Park Rail was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Albion Park Rail aged 15 years and over, 47.7% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Albion Park Rail was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Albion Park Rail, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Albion Park Rail was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Albion Park Rail 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Albion Park Rail were Australian 33.1%, English 31.1%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.4% and German 3.3%.

In Albion Park Rail, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, Scotland 1.3%, Netherlands 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Albion Park Rail, 61.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Albion Park Rail were Catholic 28.7%, Anglican 28.6%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Albion Park Rail 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.1%, German 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Macedonian 0.4% and Maltese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,213 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Albion Park Rail. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Albion Park Rail, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Albion Park Rail was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Albion Park Rail included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Labourers 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Professionals 10.0% and Managers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Albion Park Rail, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8% and School Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Albion Park Rail was $466.

In Albion Park Rail, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.1%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 2.1%, Truck 1.8% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Albion Park Rail, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.5% 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 Rail, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Albion Park Rail, 42.7% were couple families with children, 34.3% were couple families without children and 22.1% were one parent families.

In Albion Park Rail 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Albion Park Rail, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,044 and those without children was $1,696.

Employment status of couple families

In Albion Park Rail, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 22.6% 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 Rail, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albion Park Rail, 82.2% were separate houses, 14.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Albion Park Rail, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 58.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albion Park Rail, 31.7% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 26.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Albion Park Rail, of all households, 76.8% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Albion Park Rail, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Rail, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Albion Park Rail, there were 288 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 140 (or 48.6%) were male and 148 (or 51.4%) 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 Rail, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,067.

In Albion Park Rail, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.