Lake Albert Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Lake Albert (2650) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 379 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Lake Albert is in the federal electorate of Riverina.

In the 2011 census the population of Lake Albert was 5,882 and is comprised of approximately 51.5% females and 48.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lake Albert is 38 years of age.

89.1% of people living in the suburb of Lake Albert were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.9% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% India, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Germany, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.1% Croatia, 0.1% Greece, 0.1% Finland.

93.9% of people living in Lake Albert speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.3% Sinhalese, 0.2% French, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% German, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Italian, 0.1% Persian.

The religious makeup of Lake Albert is 34.6% Catholic, 25.1% Anglican, 13.3% No religion, 6.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 6.2% Uniting Church, 5.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Baptist, 1.1% Lutheran, 0.8% Pentecostal.

59.1% of people are married, 27.1% have never married and 6.8% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 205 widowed people living in Lake Albert.

60.5% of the people living in Lake Albert over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.2% are working on a part time basis. Lake Albert has an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Lake Albert are 20.6% Professionals, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 15.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.8% Managers, 11.5% Sales workers, 9.1% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Labourers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lake Albert work in are 13.4% Health care and social assistance, 12.8% Retail trade, 12.5% Education and training, 9.0% Construction, 8.6% Public administration and safety, 6.0% Manufacturing, 5.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.9% Professional, scientific and technical services.

39.7% of homes are fully owned, and 41.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $661 per week and the median household income is $1436 per week.

The median rent in Lake Albert is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1707 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lake Albert postcode 2650