City of Albury

Suburbs within the City of Albury are:

At the 2011 Census, there were 47,810 people in the Albury local government area, of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Albury area was 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.1% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.[5]

Population growth in the City of Albury Council area between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 9.38%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census was 3.30%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Albury local government area was generally on par with the national average.[6] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Albury area was slightly below the national average.[5][7]

At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Albury local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 77% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 58% of all residents in the City of Albury area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 Census, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2%. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Albury local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (6.8%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (90.4%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).[5]

Selected historical census data for Albury local government area
Census year			2001[6]	2006[7]	2011[5]	2016[8]
Population		Estimated residents on census night	42,314	46,282	47,810	51,076
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			45th	44th
		% of New South Wales population			0.69%	0.68%
		% of Australian population	0.23%	0.23%	0.22%	0.22%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		English			29.3%	28.8%
		Australian			30.4%	28.5%
		Irish			10.0%	10.2%
		Scottish			7.8%	8.1%
		German			5.8%	5.5%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Nepali	n/c	n/c	0.5%	1.0%
		Punjabi	n/c	n/c	n/c	0.5%
		Mandarin	n/c	n/c	n/c	0.3%
		Greek	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%
		Hindi	n/c	n/c	0.2%	0.3%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		No Religion	12.5%	16.4%	19.9%	27.5%
		Catholic	29.0%	28.9%	28.4%	25.6%
		Anglican	24.3%	22.4%	20.4%	16.9%
		Not Stated	n/c	n/c	n/c	9.2%
		Uniting Church	7.2%	6.3%	5.5%	4.2%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		A$452	A$558	A$642
		% of Australian median income		97.0%	96.7%	97.0%
Family income		Median weekly family income		A$919	A$1,360	A$1,532
		% of Australian median income		89.5%	91.8%	88.4%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$1,137	A$1,025	A$1,185
		% of Australian median income		97.1%	83.1%	82.4%

The City of Albury has a sister city with:

• Wodonga[10]

• List of mayors of Albury
• List of local government areas in New South Wales

• Albury City Council – official website
• Local Government & Municipal Knowledge Base – Albury City Council Page