West Albury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,950 people in West Albury of these 45.5% were male and 54.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in West Albury was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.3% of the population.

Of people in West Albury aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Albury was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In West Albury, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Albury was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In West Albury 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 21.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Albury were Australian 29.9%, English 29.3%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.9%.

In West Albury, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.9%, South Africa 0.7% and India 0.4%.

In West Albury, 75.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Albury were Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 20.6%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In West Albury 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, German 0.5%, Arabic 0.4%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.3% and Cantonese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,787 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Albury. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Albury, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Albury was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in West Albury included Professionals 23.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Managers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in West Albury, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Central Government Administration 4.4%, Hospitals 4.3% and Residential Care Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Albury was $558.

In West Albury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.5%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 2.4%, Bicycle 0.9% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Albury, 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, 26.2% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 West Albury, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Albury, 38.1% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In West Albury 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Albury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,394 and those without children was $2,071.

Employment status of couple families

In West Albury, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Albury, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Albury, 84.6% were separate houses, 8.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Albury, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 24.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Albury, 37.2% were owned outright, 28.5% were owned with a mortgage and 30.1% were rented.

Household composition

In West Albury, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In West Albury, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 West Albury, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Albury, there were 144 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 62 (or 43.1%) were male and 82 (or 56.9%) were female. The median age was 13 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 West Albury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $628.

In West Albury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.