Albion, Queensland

Albion is bounded by Wooloowin in the north, Ascot in the east, Newstead in the south, and Windsor to the west, with Breakfast Creek defining the suburb border in its south and south-west. Sandgate Road, a major road on the north side of Brisbane, runs through the middle of the suburb. A variety of housing styles, from former workers' cottages through to modern brick homes and unit blocks, can be found in Albion.

The Albion Park Paceway, first established in the 1880s, is a harness racing club and greyhound racing track found in Breakfast Creek, a locality in southern Albion.

[edit] Demographics

In the 2006 census, Albion had a population of 1,941 persons with a median age of 33 years. Of the persons usually resident within the suburb, 68.3% stated they were born in Australia; other common responses were New Zealand (3.6%), England (3.3%), Italy (1.9%), and China (1.2%). Of the total population in Albion, 1.2% were Indigenous persons.^[1]

In wealth terms, the median weekly individual income in Albion is approximately $A200 higher than the Australian average, and a median weekly family income $A220 higher. The suburb has a significantly higher proportion of residents that have never married (49.0%) compared to the Australian average (33.2%) and, in turn, a lower proportion of married persons (29.6% vs 49.6%).^[1]