East Albury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,247 people in East Albury of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in East Albury was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in East Albury aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Albury was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In East Albury, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Albury was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In East Albury 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 25.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Albury were Australian 29.2%, English 28.6%, Irish 12.2%, Scottish 8.3% and German 5.3%.

In East Albury, 84.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, India 1.3%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In East Albury, 76.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Albury were Catholic 31.0%, No Religion 19.7%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In East Albury 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Lao 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, Punjabi 0.3%, Bengali 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,308 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Albury. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Albury, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Albury was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in East Albury included Professionals 24.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Managers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in East Albury, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Central Government Administration 2.8% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Albury was $639.

In East Albury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 3.7%, Bicycle 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Albury, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 East Albury, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Albury, 42.2% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In East Albury 18.1% of single parents were male and 81.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Albury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,332 and those without children was $1,958.

Employment status of couple families

In East Albury, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Albury, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Albury, 77.3% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In East Albury, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 27.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Albury, 29.4% were owned outright, 34.3% were owned with a mortgage and 31.2% were rented.

Household composition

In East Albury, of all households, 62.9% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In East Albury, 24.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 East Albury, 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Albury, there were 96 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 41.7%) were male and 56 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 31 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 East Albury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In East Albury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $203 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.