South Albury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,368 people in South Albury of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in South Albury was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in South Albury aged 15 years and over, 26.9% were married and 18.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Albury was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In South Albury, of people aged 15 years and over, 27.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Albury was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In South Albury 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.2% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 29.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Albury were English 27.4%, Australian 26.6%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 7.8% and German 6.5%.

In South Albury, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 2.1%, England 1.2%, Bhutan 0.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In South Albury, 71.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Albury were No Religion 26.5%, Catholic 26.3%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In South Albury 84.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Nepali 1.0%, Greek 0.9%, Punjabi 0.9%, Cantonese 0.7% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 728 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Albury. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Albury, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Albury was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in South Albury included Professionals 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Labourers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Managers 10.0%, Sales Workers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in South Albury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.2%, Central Government Administration 4.8%, School Education 4.3%, Tertiary Education 2.8% and Allied Health Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Albury was $534.

In South Albury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Walked only 9.9%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bicycle 2.1% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Albury, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.7% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 South Albury, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Albury, 33.0% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 24.8% were one parent families.

In South Albury 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Albury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,944 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In South Albury, of couple families with children, 26.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Albury, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Albury, 51.5% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 41.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In South Albury, of occupied private dwellings 17.2% had 1 bedroom, 36.9% had 2 bedrooms and 33.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Albury, 21.7% were owned outright, 20.9% were owned with a mortgage and 54.6% were rented.

Household composition

In South Albury, of all households, 45.7% were family households, 48.5% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In South Albury, 38.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 South Albury, 45.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Albury, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 44.0%) were male and 14 (or 56.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 South Albury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In South Albury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.