Albanvale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,221 people in Albanvale of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Albanvale was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Albanvale aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Albanvale was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Albanvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Albanvale was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Albanvale 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Albanvale were Vietnamese 13.1%, Australian 10.8%, English 10.6%, Maltese 6.7% and Chinese 4.1%.

In Albanvale, 45.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 11.0%, Malta 3.8%, Philippines 3.5%, India 2.4% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.3%.

In Albanvale, 17.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 75.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Albanvale were Catholic 34.4%, Buddhism 13.2%, No Religion 11.0%, Islam 8.6% and Eastern Orthodox 7.8%.

In Albanvale 36.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 16.9%, Maltese 3.8%, Arabic 2.7%, Greek 2.6% and Turkish 2.6%.

Employment

There were 2,258 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Albanvale. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 9.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Albanvale, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Albanvale was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Albanvale included Labourers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Professionals 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1% and Managers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Albanvale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, School Education 2.7% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Albanvale was $380.

In Albanvale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.8%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Train 4.2%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Train, bus 1.1%. On the day, 9.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Albanvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.6% 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 Albanvale, 18.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Albanvale, 47.9% were couple families with children, 27.7% were couple families without children and 22.5% were one parent families.

In Albanvale 14.9% of single parents were male and 85.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Albanvale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,900 and those without children was $1,473.

Employment status of couple families

In Albanvale, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Albanvale, 97.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albanvale, 96.7% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Albanvale, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 73.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albanvale, 39.1% were owned outright, 37.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Albanvale, of all households, 81.9% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Albanvale, 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Albanvale, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Albanvale, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 53.3%) were male and 14 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Albanvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Albanvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.