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City of Albury

Field	Value
type	lga
name	City of Albury
state	nsw
image	Albury LGA NSW.png
caption	Location in New South Wales
coordinates
pop	53767
pop_year	2018
pop_footnotes
area	305.9
area_footnotes
mayor	Kevin Mack (Independent)
seat	Albury
region	Riverina
stategov	Albury
fedgov	Farrer
logo	Albury City logo.svg
url	http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au
near-n	Greater Hume
near-ne	Greater Hume
near-e	Greater Hume
near-se	Wodonga (Vic)
near-s	Wodonga (Vic)
near-sw	Wodonga (Vic)
near-w	Greater Hume
near-nw	Greater Hume
est	1859
1946 (as a city)

the [Local government in Australia

| near-n = [Greater Hume | near-ne = Greater Hume | near-e = Greater Hume | near-se = Wodonga (Vic) | near-s = Wodonga (Vic) | near-sw = Wodonga (Vic) | near-w = Greater Hume | near-nw = Greater Hume 1946 (as a city) The City of Albury (stylised as AlburyCity) is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The area covers 305.9 km2 to the north of the Murray River. The area extends around 10 to east and west along the river from the centre of Albury and up to 20 km north. The population of the City of Albury area was 53,767 in June 2018.

Albury is located 460 km to the south–west of Sydney and 260 km 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.

The mayor of Albury is Kevin Mack, an independent councillor.

Suburbs within the local government area

Suburbs within the City of Albury are:

Albury
East Albury
Ettamogah
Glenroy
Hamilton Valley
Lavington
Lake Hume Village
North Albury
South Albury
Splitters Creek
Springdale Heights
Table Top
Thurgoona
West Albury
Wirlinga

Demographics

At the 2021 Census, there were 56,093 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 3.8% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Albury area was 39 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 43.8% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

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. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Albury area was slightly below the national average.

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%).

Selected historical census data for Albury local government area	Census year	id=LGA10050	name=Albury (C)	accessdate=5 December 2012	quick=on}}
Population	Estimated residents on census night
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			th	th
% of New South Wales population			0.69%	0.68%
% of Australian population	0.23%	0.23%	0.22%	0.22%
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,
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%
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		452	558	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%

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 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council is as follows:

Party	Councillors
		Independents
		Team Mack
		Stuart Baker Team
		Team Kylie
		Alice Glachan's Team
		Jessica Kellahan Team
		Australian Labor Party
		The Greens
	Total

The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election, is:

Councillor	Party	Notes
		Kevin Mack	Team Mack
		Stuart Baker	Stuart Baker Team
		Kylie King	Team Kylie
		Jessica Kellahan	Jessica Kellahan Team
		Raissa Butkowski	Team Mack
		Phillip Bullivant	Team Mack
		Darren Cameron	Australian Labor Party
		Geoff Hudson	Greens
		Alice Glachan	Alice Glachan's Team

Election results

2024

2021

2012

1944

Sister city

The City of Albury has a sister city with:

Wodonga

References

(27 March 2019). "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]].
"Albury City Council". [[New South Wales Department of Local Government.
(2024-09-26). "AlburyCity".
"Albury and District Historical Society". Albury City Council.
Bunn, Anthony. (2024-10-14). "New leadership team as Mayor, Deputy elected".
{{Census 2011 AUS
{{Census 2001 AUS
{{Census 2006 AUS
{{Census 2016 AUS
(2024-10-01). "City of Albury – Councillor Election results". NSW Electoral Commission.
"Wodonga City – Know Your Council".

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