West Albury

16.8% of West Albury's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,009 family households lived in West Albury; 33.9% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

West Albury had 3,872 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 79.2% of occupied private dwellings in West Albury.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

41.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

27.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in West Albury had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 37.4%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

10.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

71.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

6.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 43.4% of the total.

50.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.6% reported a different address.

12.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

12.2% of West Albury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.8% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.2% of ancestry responses in West Albury.

Australian ancestry made up 36.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

24.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.8%.

Median household income was $1,363 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,365.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $255 per week.

Working from home was 10.5% in West Albury, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 41.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.2% in West Albury, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.