Albury (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 42,314 people were counted in Albury (C): of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 1.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C) there were 9,286 children aged 0-14 years and 9,127 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), 39,230 people were Australian citizens, 3,702 were born overseas and 144 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), 47.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.2% were separated or divorced, 7.4% were widowed and 32.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), 85.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Albury (C) were England 2.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Albury (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.0%, Anglican 24.3%, No Religion 12.5%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.4%, Lao 0.3% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 20,234 people aged 15 years and over in Albury (C) were in the labour force. Of these 58.4% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.1% were unemployed. 11,441 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.8%, Professionals 9.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.6%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Albury (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4%, Education 4.2%, Health Services 4.1%, Business Services 3.9% and Food Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), 10,751 families were counted: of these, 35.6% were couple families without children, 43.9% were couple families with children, 18.6% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), 16,791 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Albury (C), 74.4% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), 34.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.4% were being purchased and 31.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Albury (C), 63.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 28.4% were single (or lone) person households and 4.7% were group households.