Albert Town is located to the east of

Wānaka Wānaka () is a popular ski and summer resort town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. At the southern end of Lake Wānaka, it is at the start of the Clutha River/Mata-Au and is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park. ...

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. Until recently only a farming settlement, the population boom in this area has led to much new development. The confluence of the Clutha and

Hāwea River The Hāwea River is a river of New Zealand, draining Lake Hāwea into the Clutha/Matau-au. The river's flow is set by the Lake Hawea Control Dam, an earth embankment 30m high and 390m long that enables water to be released when wanted for the ...

s is located here. The town was named after

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Albert was born in the Saxon duch ...

. Albert Town was formerly called Newcastle.

Demographics

Albert Town covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Albert Town had a population of 2,031 at the

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, an increase of 744 people (57.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,326 people (188.1%) since the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. There were 687 households. There were 1,020 males and 1,014 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.01 males per female. The median age was 37.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 468 people (23.0%) aged under 15 years, 282 (13.9%) aged 15 to 29, 1,080 (53.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 204 (10.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 95.4% European/Pākehā, 6.8% Māori, 0.7% Pacific peoples, 1.9% Asian, and 2.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 24.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 67.8% had no religion, 24.4% were Christian, 0.1% were Hindu, 0.1% were Muslim, 0.3% were Buddhist and 1.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 459 (29.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 126 (8.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $41,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. 354 people (22.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 945 (60.5%) people were employed full-time, 303 (19.4%) were part-time, and 15 (1.0%) were unemployed.

Education

Te Kura O Take Kārara is a primary school which opened in Albert Town in 2020.

References

* * {{clutha Queenstown-Lakes District Populated places in Otago Clutha River