Albion (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,337 people in Albion (Vic.) of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Albion (Vic.) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Albion (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 43.6% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Albion (Vic.) was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Albion (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 41.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Albion (Vic.) was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Albion (Vic.) 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.0% were in primary school, 12.8% in secondary school and 27.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Albion (Vic.) were Australian 14.7%, English 14.6%, Indian 10.3%, Chinese 4.9% and Irish 4.3%.

In Albion (Vic.), 41.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 13.4%, Vietnam 5.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.4%, Philippines 2.4% and Malta 1.7%.

In Albion (Vic.), 25.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 66.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Albion (Vic.) were Catholic 28.2%, No Religion 14.7%, Hinduism 8.3%, Anglican 6.5% and Sikhism 6.2%.

In Albion (Vic.) 42.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 7.4%, Vietnamese 6.5%, Hindi 2.6%, Mandarin 2.0% and Italian 1.8%.

Employment

There were 2,074 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Albion (Vic.). Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Albion (Vic.), 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Albion (Vic.) was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Albion (Vic.) included Labourers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Professionals 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Managers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Albion (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.0%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, School Education 2.9% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Albion (Vic.) was $415.

In Albion (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.5%, Train 20.1%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bus 2.0% and Train, bus 2.0%. On the day, 28.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Albion (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.3% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.6% 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 Albion (Vic.), 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Albion (Vic.), 36.5% were couple families with children, 38.1% were couple families without children and 21.1% were one parent families.

In Albion (Vic.) 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Albion (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,735 and those without children was $1,537.

Employment status of couple families

In Albion (Vic.), of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 13.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Albion (Vic.), 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albion (Vic.), 55.1% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Albion (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 16.1% had 1 bedroom, 34.8% had 2 bedrooms and 35.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albion (Vic.), 27.3% were owned outright, 22.2% were owned with a mortgage and 44.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Albion (Vic.), of all households, 60.6% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 7.2% were group households.

In Albion (Vic.), 35.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 (Vic.), 46.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Albion (Vic.), there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 58.3%) were male and 10 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $424.

In Albion (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.