City of Albury

LGAs around City of Albury:
Greater Hume	Greater Hume	Greater Hume
Greater Hume	City of Albury	Greater Hume
Wodonga (Vic)	Wodonga (Vic)	Wodonga (Vic)

The City of Albury is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The area covers 305.9 square kilometres (118.1 sq mi) to the north of the Murray River. The area extends around 10–12 km east and west along the river from the centre of Albury and up to 20 km north.

Albury is located 460 kilometres (290 mi) to the south–west of Sydney and 260 kilometres (160 mi) to the north–east of Melbourne. The national Hume Highway passes through the area. Other major road transport links include the Riverina Highway that commences east of Albury and runs west to Deniliquin; and north of Albury, the Olympic Highway connects Albury with Cowra. The city forms a major crossing point of the Murray River and also the railway junction of the Main Southern line with the North East line.

Albury was declared a municipality in 1859 and proclaimed a city in 1946.^[4]

The Mayor of the City of Albury is Cr. Kevin Mack.^[5]

Suburbs within the local government area

Suburbs within the City of Albury are:

Demographics

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.^[6]

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.^[7] The median weekly income for residents within the City of Albury area was slightly below the national average.^[6]^[8]

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%).^[6]

Selected historical census data for Albury local government area
Census year		2001^[7]	2006^[8]	2011^[6]
Population	Estimated residents on Census night	42,314	46,282	47,810
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales
	% of New South Wales population			0.69%
	% of Australian population	0.23%	0.23%	0.22%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian			30.4%
	English			29.3%
	Irish			10.0%
	Scottish			7.8%
	German			5.8%
Language, top responses (other than English)	Nepali	n/c	n/c	0.5%
	Greek	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
	German	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%
	Italian	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%
	Hindi	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	29.0%	28.9%	28.4%
	Anglican	24.3%	22.4%	20.4%
	No Religion	12.5%	16.4%	19.9%
	Uniting Church	7.2%	6.3%	5.5%
	Presbyterian and Reformed	5.1%	4.7%	4.4%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$452	A$558
Personal income	% of Australian median income		97.0%	96.7%
Family income	Median weekly family income		A$919	A$1,360
Family income	% of Australian median income		89.5%	91.8%
Household income	Median weekly household income		A$1,137	A$1,025
Household income	% of Australian median income		97.1%	83.1%

Council

Current composition and election method

Albury City Council is composed of nine Councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 10 September 2016, and the makeup of the council is as follows:^[9]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	7
	The Greens	1
	Country Labor	1
	Total	9

The current Council, elected in 2016, in order of election, is:^[9]

	Party	Notes
Kevin Mack	Independent	Mayor
Alice Glachan	Independent
Amanda Cohn	Greens	Deputy Mayor
Henk Van de Ven	Independent
John Stuchbery	Independent	Elected on Kevin Mack's ticket
Darren Cameron	Country Labor
David Thurley	Independent
Murray King	Independent	Elected on Kevin Mack's ticket
Graham Docksey	Independent	Elected on Alice Glachan's ticket

Sister city

The City of Albury has a sister city with:

Wodonga

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, New South Wales". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2012". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2012.
↑ "Albury City Council". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 30 November 2006.
↑ "Albury and District Historical Society". Research and references. Albury City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
↑ "Cr Alice Glachan elected Mayor of Albury" (Press release). Albury City Council. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
1 2 3 4 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Albury (C)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Albury (C)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Albury (C)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
1 2 "Albury Council Election Results". Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

External links

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

Suburbs of the City of Albury local government area

Albury Central Albury East Albury Ettamogah Glenroy Hamilton Valley Lavington North Albury South Albury Splitters Creek Springdale Heights Table Top Thurgoona West Albury Wirilinga

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