Albany

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 22,256 people were counted in Albany: of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Of the total population 3.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Albany there were 4,960 children aged 0-14 years and 5,534 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, 20,383 people were Australian citizens, 3,857 were born overseas and 159 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, 50.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.4% were separated or divorced, 7.9% were widowed and 29.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, 78.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Albany were England 8.3%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and Italy 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Albany on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 24.3%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 15.5%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.1%, Netherlandic 0.5%, German 0.4%, Polish 0.4% and Persian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,900 people aged 15 years and over in Albany were in the labour force. Of these 51.8% worked full-time, 36.0% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.4% were unemployed. 6,925 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Professionals 7.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Albany, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%, Food Retailing 3.7%, Health Services 3.5% and Business Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, 5,972 families were counted: of these, 39.6% were couple families without children, 40.8% were couple families with children, 18.2% 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 Albany, 8,716 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Albany, 83.9% were separate houses, 9.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.8% were being purchased and 30.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 22.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Albany, 68.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.