Albert Park (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,475 people in Albert Park (SA) of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Albert Park (SA) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Albert Park (SA) aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Albert Park (SA) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Albert Park (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Albert Park (SA) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Albert Park (SA) 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Albert Park (SA) were English 22.8%, Australian 22.8%, Italian 9.5%, German 5.6% and Irish 5.5%.

In Albert Park (SA), 74.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.7%, England 2.2%, Greece 1.4%, Vietnam 1.4% and Poland 1.1%.

In Albert Park (SA), 52.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Albert Park (SA) were Catholic 32.0%, No Religion 23.8%, Anglican 8.7%, Eastern Orthodox 8.4% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Albert Park (SA) 74.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.9%, Greek 3.8%, Serbian 2.6%, Vietnamese 1.8% and Polish 1.6%.

Employment

There were 723 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Albert Park (SA). Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Albert Park (SA), 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Albert Park (SA) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Albert Park (SA) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Professionals 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Labourers 11.1%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Managers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Albert Park (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, State Government Administration 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.1%, Hospitals 3.1% and School Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Albert Park (SA) was $511.

In Albert Park (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.3%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Bus 3.2%, Train 2.2% and Other 1.6%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Albert Park (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Albert Park (SA), 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Albert Park (SA), 47.3% were couple families with children, 29.7% were couple families without children and 21.4% were one parent families.

In Albert Park (SA) 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Albert Park (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,019 and those without children was $2,203.

Employment status of couple families

In Albert Park (SA), of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Albert Park (SA), 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albert Park (SA), 84.0% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Albert Park (SA), of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 33.4% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albert Park (SA), 29.6% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 30.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Albert Park (SA), of all households, 61.5% were family households, 32.8% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Albert Park (SA), 31.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Albert Park (SA), 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Albert Park (SA), there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 14.3%) were male and 18 (or 85.7%) 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 Albert Park (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Albert Park (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,400.