Albany Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,860 people in Albany Creek of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Albany Creek was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Albany Creek aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Albany Creek was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Albany Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Albany Creek was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Albany Creek 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 21.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Albany Creek were English 30.2%, Australian 29.3%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.2% and German 4.3%.

In Albany Creek, 79.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 3.4%, South Africa 2.0%, Scotland 0.8% and Italy 0.4%.

In Albany Creek, 63.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Albany Creek were Catholic 30.5%, Anglican 20.1%, No Religion 17.8%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Baptist 4.1%.

In Albany Creek 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.4%, German 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3% and Hindi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 8,919 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Albany Creek. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Albany Creek, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Albany Creek was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Albany Creek included Professionals 21.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Managers 12.7%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Albany Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, State Government Administration 2.8% and Building Installation Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Albany Creek was $712.

In Albany Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Bus 4.1%, Train, car as driver 2.3% and Train 1.7%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Albany Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Albany Creek, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Albany Creek, 55.0% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Albany Creek 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Albany Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,608 and those without children was $2,254.

Employment status of couple families

In Albany Creek, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 28.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Albany Creek, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albany Creek, 90.4% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Albany Creek, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.2% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albany Creek, 33.7% were owned outright, 48.8% were owned with a mortgage and 13.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Albany Creek, of all households, 82.7% were family households, 15.5% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Albany Creek, 13.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.5% 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 Albany Creek, 26.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Albany Creek, there were 155 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 84 (or 54.2%) were male and 71 (or 45.8%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Albany Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,949.

In Albany Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $165 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,438.