Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 31,605 people in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) aged 15 years and over, 46.1% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 21.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) were Australian 32.1%, English 29.3%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 7.3% and German 5.3%.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 76.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 22.9%, Anglican 19.6%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Croatian 0.4%, Nepali 0.3% and Serbian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 15,639 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part). Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Professionals 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Labourers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Managers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, School Education 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Hospitals 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) was $559.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 2.8%, Bicycle 1.0% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% 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, 19.9% 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 Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 41.0% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 20.3% were one parent families.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,024 and those without children was $1,767.

Employment status of couple families

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 81.3% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 25.7% were owned outright, 34.7% were owned with a mortgage and 36.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), of all households, 69.3% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 26.7% 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 Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), 36.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), there were 677 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 320 (or 47.3%) were male and 357 (or 52.7%) 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 Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $773.

In Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,571.