City of Albury
City of Albury New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 36°03′S 146°57′E / 36.050°S 146.950°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 53,767 (2018)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 175.767/km2 (455.23/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1859 1946 (as a city) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 305.9 km2 (118.1 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Kylie King (Independent) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Albury[2] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Murray | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Albury | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Farrer | ||||||||||||||
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Website | City of Albury | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Albury is a local government area in the Murray 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 to 12 kilometres (6.2 to 7.5 mi) east and west along the river from the centre of Albury and up to 20 kilometres (12 mi) north. The population of the City of Albury area was 53,767[1] in June 2018.
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.[3]
The mayor of Albury is Kylie King, an independent councillor.[4]
Suburbs within the local government area
[edit]Suburbs within the City of Albury are:
Demographics
[edit]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 | ||||||
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Census year | 2001[6] | 2006[7] | 2011[5] | 2016[8] | ||
Population | Estimated residents on census night | 42,314 | ![]() |
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LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 45th | ![]() | ||||
% of New South Wales population | 0.69% | ![]() | ||||
% of Australian population | 0.23% | ![]() |
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Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
Ancestry, top responses |
English | 29.3% | ![]() | |||
Australian | 30.4% | ![]() | ||||
Irish | 10.0% | ![]() | ||||
Scottish | 7.8% | ![]() | ||||
German | 5.8% | ![]() | ||||
Language, top responses (other than English) |
Nepali | n/c | ![]() |
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Punjabi | n/c | ![]() |
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Mandarin | n/c | ![]() |
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Greek | 0.4% | ![]() |
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Hindi | n/c | ![]() |
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Religious affiliation | ||||||
Religious affiliation, top responses |
No Religion | 12.5% | ![]() |
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Catholic | 29.0% | ![]() |
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Anglican | 24.3% | ![]() |
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Not Stated | n/c | ![]() |
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Uniting Church | 7.2% | ![]() |
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Median weekly incomes | ||||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$452 | A$558 | A$642 | ||
% of Australian median income | 97.0% | ![]() |
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Family income | Median weekly family income | A$919 | A$1,360 | A$1,532 | ||
% of Australian median income | 89.5% | ![]() |
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Household income | Median weekly household income | A$1,137 | A$1,025 | A$1,185 | ||
% of Australian median income | 97.1% | ![]() |
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Council
[edit]Current composition and election method
[edit]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 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:[9]
Party | Councillors | |
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Independents | 2 | |
Team Kylie | 2 | |
Alice Glachan Ticket | 1 | |
Australian Labor Party | 1 | |
The Greens | 1 | |
Stuart Baker Team | 1 | |
Jessica Kellahan Team | 1 | |
Total | 9 |
The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:[9]
Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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Kylie King | Team Kylie[4] | Mayor | |
Ashley Edwards | Greens | ||
Alice Glachan | Alice Glachan Ticket | ||
Stuart Baker | Stuart Baker Team[10] | ||
Steve Bowen | Team Kylie[4] | ||
Daryl Betteridge | Independent | ||
Darren Cameron | Australian Labor Party | ||
Jessica Kellahan | Jessica Kellahan Team | Part of Stuart Baker Team until 2024[11] | |
David Thurley | Independent |
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | 1. Kevin Mack 2. Raissa Butkowski 3. Phillip Bullivant 4. Leigh McGlynn 5. Dianne Thomas |
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Labor | 1. Darren Cameron 2. Carolyn Hassarati 3. David Baird 4. Geoffrey Allen 5. Christopher Ryan |
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Stuart Baker Team | 1. Stuart Baker 2. Stephen Mamouney 3. Danielle Cale 4. Lay Phommachanh 5. Louise Pemberton |
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Team Kylie | 1. Kylie King 2. Beth Docksey 3. Steve Bowen 4. Rhiannon Veness 5. Taneesha Smith |
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Greens | 1. Geoff Hudson 2. Ashley Edwards 3. Dawn Dawson 4. Joseph Lumanog 5. Kofi Isaacs |
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Alice Glachan's Team | 1. Alice Glachan 2. Jane Gould 3. Belinda Mead 4. Naziya Singh 5. Jackie Dunn |
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Jessica Kellahan Team | 1. Jessica Kellahan 2. Michael Alexander 3. Jodie Tiernan 4. Jack Stean 5. Amanda Giblin |
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Independent Liberal | Isaac Eyalama | ||||
Total formal votes | |||||
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Turnout |
2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Team Kylie | 1. Kylie King (elected) 2. Steve Bowen (elected) 3. Rhiannon Veness 4. Aimee Chan 5. Taneesha Smith |
6,426 | 22.6 | +22.6 | |
Stuart Baker Team | 1. Stuart Baker (elected) 2. Jessica Kellahan (elected) 3. Stephen Mamouney 4. Danielle Cale 5. Louise Pemberton |
4,863 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Alice Glachan Ticket | 1. Alice Glachan (Ind. Lib) (elected) 2. Lindsay Pearson 3. Graham Docksey 4. Naziya Singh 5. Jackie Dunn |
3,959 | 14.0 | −4.2 | |
Greens | 1. Ashley Edwards (elected) 2. Kofi Isaacs 3. Jill Pattinson 4. Susie Monte 5. Amanda Cohn |
3,074 | 10.8 | −1.4 | |
Labor | 1. Darren Cameron (elected) 2. Marcus Rowland 3. Amelia Cameron 4. Geoffrey Allen 5. Christopher Ryan |
2,714 | 9.5 | −0.5 | |
Independent | 1. Daryl Betteridge (elected) 2. Barbara Hull 3. Jodie Tiernan 4. Brian Grenfell 5. Mathew Tratz |
2,661 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Hamilton Team | 1. Ross Hamilton 2. Dianne Thomas 3. Emily Grellman 4. Lucie Wallis 5. Claire Hamilton |
1,324 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Albury First | 1. Henk Van de Ven 2. Garry Pearce 3. Paul Armstrong 4. Bill Van Noordennen 5. Christopher Martin |
1,294 | 4.6 | −8.3 | |
Thurley | 1. David Thurley (elected) 2. Mark Doyle 3. Esther Heather 4. John Moore 5. Michael Machin |
1,244 | 4.4 | −4.3 | |
Independent | 1. Andrew Barber 2. Sarah Watkins 3. Trevor Barber 4. C. Star 5. Diane Harnett |
768 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Independent | Peter Hood | 51 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 28,374 | 94.2 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,745 | 5.8 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,119 | 80.0 |
2012
[edit]Elected councillor | Party | |
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Alice Glachan | Alice Glachan Team | |
Graham Docksey | Alice Glachan Team | |
Patricia Gould | Independent (Group D) | |
Ross Jackson | Albury Citizens | |
Daryl Betteridge | Independent (Group E) | |
Kevin Mack | Independent (Group L) | |
Henk van de Ven | Independent (Group J) | |
Darren Cameron | Country Labor | |
David Thurley | Independent (Group H) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alice Glachan Team | 3,879 | 16.1 | |||
Independent (Group D) | 3,683 | 15.8 | |||
Albury Citizens and Ratepayers Movement | 2,751 | 11.4 | +2.0 | ||
Independent (Group E) | 2,671 | 11.1 | |||
Independent (Group L) | 1,927 | 8.0 | |||
Independent (Group J) | 1,713 | 7.1 | |||
Country Labor | 1,565 | 6.5 | +6.5 | ||
Independent (Group H) | 1,507 | 6.3 | |||
Independent (Group A) | 1,173 | 4.9 | |||
Independent (Group F) | 1,102 | 4.6 | |||
Independent (Group G) | 1,065 | 4.4 | |||
Independent (Group K) | 667 | 2.8 | |||
Independent | Breck Scott-Young | 211 | 0.9 | ||
Independent | Peter Hood | 65 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | Leigh Tornquist | 60 | 0.2 | ||
Turnout | 79.6 |
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dudley Padman | 2,518 | |||
Independent | Cleaver Bunton | 2,278 | |||
Independent | L. E. Heath | 1,980 | |||
Independent | H. Lamtert | 1,875 | |||
Independent | Alfred Waugh | 1,846 | |||
Independent | R. A. Robertson | 1,628 | |||
Independent | S. H. Logan | 1,595 | |||
Independent | J. P. Jelbart | 1,582 | |||
Independent | A. A. Rogers | 1,581 |
Sister city
[edit]The City of Albury has a sister city with:
- Wodonga[19]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Albury City Council". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 30 November 2006.
- ^ "Albury and District Historical Society". Research and references. Albury City Council. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ a b c Tribune, The National (10 January 2022). "New leadership team as Mayor, Deputy elected". The National Tribune. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Albury (C)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Albury (C)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Albury (C)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Albury (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ a b "City of Albury – Councillor Election results". NSW Electoral Commission. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Election candidate Jess Kellahan suggests another youth cafe should be established in Albury".
- ^ Else, Sophie (6 July 2024). "Kellahan seeking second turn on council to continue her vision for city". The Border Mail. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "ALICE GLACHAN'S TEAM 2024 .... 'WE BELIEVE'". Facebook. Alice Glachan's Team. 25 August 2024. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "ISAAC EYALAMA". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "City of Albury". ABC News. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Stripping it back: Councillor keeps it simple when considering club". The Border Mail.
- ^ "Albury City Council". ABC News. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Glachan opts for new team". The Border Mail. 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Mayors of Albury". Albury City Council.
- ^ "Wodonga City – Know Your Council". Know Your Council. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.