Living in Albany

In Albany, the median rent tenants pay is €825 a month (2021) and unemployment is 2.8% (2026).

Median rent was A$300 per week, and median monthly mortgage repayment was A$1,517 in August 2021. Its population was 35,053 in August 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-079 sources

Population35,053people10 Aug 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia

Median gross salary (region)1,901EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · www.abs.gov.au

Median rent825.4EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02

Unemployment rate2.8%country median 4.5% — 38% belowIndependent source · DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026

PM2.5, annual mean4.4µg/m³country median 6.0 — 27% belowOfficial source · NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables

Lower unemployment than 90% of Australian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 95% of Australian cities that publish it.

Which Australia-wide rules apply when you move to Albany?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month5 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Utilities, 85 m² flat€915

Transport pass€63

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€10

Fitness club€1

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	1 EUR/month	4 Aug 2026	Numbeo⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60 EUR/month	4 Aug 2026	Numbeo⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	18 EUR	4 Aug 2026	Numbeo⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	10 EUR/month	4 Aug 2026	Numbeo⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	62.5 EUR/month	4 Aug 2026	Numbeo⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	915 EUR/month	4 Aug 2026	Numbeo⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Dwellings	15,378 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics³Official
Main residence dwellings	13,451 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics³Official
Median weekly rent (AUD)	300 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³Official
Median monthly rent	825.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02³Official
Median monthly rent (whole dwelling)	825.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02³Official

Is Albany a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–63%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–67%

Student33%strong on education, weak on safety · range 25–41%

Family59%strong on family, weak on safety · range 50–68%

Retirement62%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 51–73%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 2.8% in March 2026. Median personal income was A$707 per week in August 2021. Median household income was A$1,332 per week in August 2021.

What is the unemployment rate in Albany?

The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (March 2026). Source: DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026⁸

Unemployment across cities in AustraliaUnemployment in Albany is 2.8%. Of 100 cities with data, 32 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Albany 2.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in full-time employment	8,582 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics³Official
Employment rate	54.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics³Official
Median household income (AUD/week)	1,332 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³Official
Median personal income (AUD/week)	707 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,901 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	www.abs.gov.au⁷Official
Unemployment rate	2.8 %country median 4.5%	31 Mar 2026	DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026⁸Independent

What does a salary buy in Albany?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Utilities
Transport
Internet
Mobile

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	outside the model's range
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02 · 2021-12-31	− €825
Public transport pass€63 · market price · Numbeo · 2026-08-04	− €63
Utilities, 85 m²€915 · market price · Numbeo · 2026-08-04	− €915
Internet€60 · market price · Numbeo · 2026-08-04	− €60
Mobile plan€10 · market price · Numbeo · 2026-08-04	− €10
Left over	—

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Albany. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Workforce Australia — Public employment service

Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Albany. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People who speak a language other than English at home	6.42 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Albany. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) — State Language Course

Australian Government Department of Home Affairs

For eligible migrants, humanitarian entrants.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridFree

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Humanitarian Settlement Program (HSP) — Newcomer Adaptation

Australian Government Department of Home Affairs

For humanitarian entrants.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Albany?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4.4 µg/m³ (2023) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables²

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

24°14°

25°15°

24°14°

22°12°

19°10°

17°8°

16°8°

17°8°

18°8°

19°9°

21°11°

23°13°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

105

112

116

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.54.4WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in AustraliaAnnual PM2.5 in Albany is 4.4 µg/m³. Of 37 cities with data, 12 have annual PM2.5 of 5 to under 6 µg/m³.

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Albany 4.4

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	4.4 µg/m³country median 6.0	31 Dec 2023	NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 24.4 · Feb 24.8 · Mar 23.9 · Apr 22.1 · May 19.3 · Jun 17 · Jul 16.1 · Aug 16.6 · Sep 17.5 · Oct 19.1 · Nov 21.1 · Dec 22.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALBANY AIRPORT⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 14 · Feb 14.6 · Mar 13.7 · Apr 11.7 · May 9.6 · Jun 8.2 · Jul 7.6 · Aug 7.6 · Sep 8.2 · Oct 9.5 · Nov 11 · Dec 12.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALBANY AIRPORT⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 19.2 · Feb 19.7 · Mar 18.8 · Apr 16.9 · May 14.5 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 11.8 · Aug 12.1 · Sep 12.9 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 16.1 · Dec 17.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALBANY AIRPORT⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 20.6 · Feb 20.7 · Mar 40.2 · Apr 57.3 · May 74.8 · Jun 105.4 · Jul 111.5 · Aug 115.5 · Sep 94.8 · Oct 59.9 · Nov 45.9 · Dec 33.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALBANY AIRPORT⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Lower Hutt (New Zealand) ±2.0 °C, Ventura (United States) ±4.5 °C, Downey (United States) ±5.8 °C, Christchurch (New Zealand) ±3.9 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±6.9 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 299.4 km² in 2021. Population density was 127.9 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Albany?

The published population was 35,053 people in August 2021. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 6,791 is not 24.4% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport80.6%
Foreign residents19.4%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	299.4 km²	31 Dec 2021	Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA.⁴Official
Foreign-resident share	24.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Foreign residents	6,791 people	10 Aug 2021	Official 2021 Census GCP G01 Birthplace_Elsewhere_P: persons born outside Australia, at exact associated 2021 SUA grain. This is foreign-born, not foreign nationality.³Official
Population density	127.9 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation.⁵Official
Female residents	17,975 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics³Official
Male residents	17,081 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics³Official
Population	35,053 people	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³Official

Population over time25 published observations, 2001–2025

27,779

31,541

35,303

39,065

38,287200120052011201520212025

Population rose 34.1% between 2001 and 2025, from 28,557 to 38,287.

International community in Albany

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G09 PERSONS total across age groups and sex · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	35,053	100.0%
Australia	26,494	75.6%
England	2,508	7.2%
Country of birth not stated	1,768	5.0%
New Zealand	597	1.7%
Philippines	592	1.7%
Born elsewhere(d)	481	1.4%
South Africa	411	1.2%
Scotland	244	0.7%
Netherlands	221	0.6%
Germany	193	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Thailand	142	0.4%
Italy	134	0.4%
India	127	0.4%
United States of America	121	0.3%
Canada	107	0.3%
Myanmar	106	0.3%
Zimbabwe	95	0.3%
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)(c)	80	0.2%
Wales	71	0.2%
Malaysia	70	0.2%
Indonesia	64	0.2%
Ireland	59	0.2%
Vietnam	40	0.1%
France	39	0.1%
Poland	39	0.1%
Singapore	32	0.1%
Sri Lanka	30	0.1%
Japan	23	0.1%
Hong Kong (SAR of China)(c)	21	0.1%
Korea, Republic of (South)	19	0.1%
Fiji	17	0.0%
Taiwan	17	0.0%
Croatia	12	0.0%
Iran	12	0.0%
Mauritius	11	0.0%
Malta	9	0.0%
Papua New Guinea	7	0.0%
Greece	6	0.0%
Nepal	6	0.0%
Turkey	6	0.0%
Brazil	5	0.0%
Chile	5	0.0%
Iraq	5	0.0%
Samoa	5	0.0%
Bangladesh	4	0.0%
Egypt	4	0.0%
North Macedonia	4	0.0%
Afghanistan	3	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	35,053	100.0%
Australia	26,494	75.6%
Elsewhere (excludes country of birth not stated)	6,791	19.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Citizenship

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	35,053	100.0%
Australian citizen	31,028	88.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	19.37 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³Official
Households	13,451 households	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics³Official
Labour force participation rate	56.6 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics³Official
Median age	45 years	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³Official
Median monthly mortgage repayment (AUD)	1,517 AUD/month	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia³Official

Alternatives for people set on Albany

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Darwin as an Albany alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Residents: 127,215 Darwin vs 35,053 Albany+263%
Median gross pay, region: €3,017 Darwin vs €1,901 Albany+59%
Foreign residents: 37.4% Darwin vs 24.4% Albany+53%
Unemployment: 3.3% Darwin vs 2.8% Albany+18%

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Alternative cities in Australia

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All Australia cities

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Albany in rankings

#3 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Australia #7 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Australia #15 of 30 in Cheapest cities to rent in Australia #15 of 30 in Most international cities in Australia

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Albany?

The published population was 35,053 people in August 2021. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia.

Is the air quality good in Albany?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 4.4 µg/m³ (2023) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables.

What is the unemployment rate in Albany?

The unemployment rate is 2.8 % (March 2026). Source: DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026.

What is the typical salary around Albany?

The median gross salary is 1,901 EUR/month. Source: www.abs.gov.au.

How many foreign residents live in Albany?

6,791 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official 2021 Census GCP G01 Birthplace_Elsewhere_P: persons born outside Australia, at exact associated 2021 SUA grain. This is foreign-born, not foreign nationality..

How much is public transport in Albany?

A monthly transport pass is 62.5 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Numbeo.

Is Albany a good place to live?

Albany may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Australia live in Albany?

The official country of birth distribution records 26,494 people (75.6%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics abs.gov.au · checked 2026-08-03
NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 · dcceew.gov.au · checked 2026-07-29
Official 2021 Census GCP G01 Birthplace_Elsewhere_P: persons born outside Australia, at exact associated 2021 SUA grain. This is foreign-born, not foreign nationality. abs.gov.au · checked 2021-08-10
Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA. geo.abs.gov.au · checked 2016-07-01
Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation. abs.gov.au · checked 2021-06-30
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALBANY AIRPORT WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
www.abs.gov.au abs.gov.au · checked 2026-08-27
DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026 DEWR · dewr.gov.au · checked 2026-07-26
Numbeo numbeo.com · checked 2026-08-04

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