Continuing population growth - WA

Western Australia's population was 1,959,090 in 2006, an increase of 8.5% from 2001. Albany’s population was up by 9%. The 2001 to 2006 population increase in Albany was more than 50% higher than the national average (5.5%). One in ten Western Australian residents (aged 5 years or older) indicated in their census report in 2006 that their usual residence had been outside the state in 2001.

Albany had a high median age of 39 years, 3 years older than the WA median age (36 years). Albany's median age followed similar trends of other regional communities in Western Australia increasing by 2 years from 2001. Albany had a large proportion of its population over 65 years old (16% compared with 12% for Western Australia).

Albany had a sex ratio of 97.8 males per 100 females, which was slightly lower than WA's 99.3 males per 100 females. The number of households in Albany grew by 7% between 2001 and 2006.