Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 27,659 people were counted in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part): of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part) there were 6,694 children aged 0-14 years and 4,755 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 25,886 people were Australian citizens, 2,722 were born overseas and 73 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 49.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.2% were separated or divorced, 5.6% were widowed and 32.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 85.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part) were England 2.1%, Germany 1.0%, New Zealand 0.8%, Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 0.6% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.1%, Anglican 22.3%, No Religion 15.7%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.6%, Croatian 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, Serbian 0.3% and Albanian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,313 people aged 15 years and over in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part) were in the labour force. Of these 58.9% worked full-time, 30.4% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.4% were unemployed. 6,952 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.1%, Professionals 8.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.4%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.8%, Managers and Administrators 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2%, Health Services 4.1%, Food Retailing 4.0%, Business Services 4.0% and Education 4.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 7,398 families were counted: of these, 33.9% were couple families without children, 46.3% were couple families with children, 18.4% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 10,375 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 81.2% were separate houses, 8.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 30.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 31.7% were being purchased and 33.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 70.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.3% were single (or lone) person households and 4.5% were group households.