South Albury is a suburb of the city of

Albury, New South Wales Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the C ...

, located south of the Albury

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. At the , South Albury had a population of 1102. South Albury is a mixed use area, including residential, commercial and industrial. It is bounded by Central Albury,

West Albury West Albury is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located west of the Albury Central Business District. At the , West Albury had a population of 3,851. West Albury covers the slopes of Nail Can Hill on the Murray River floodplain, ...

and East Albury to the north, and

Wodonga Wodonga (Pallanganmiddang language, Waywurru: ''Wordonga'') is a city on the Victoria (Australia), Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of ...

(Victoria) to the south. South Albury was extremely prone to flooding but mitigation works in the 1990s have dramatically reduced the risk.

Geography

South Albury is completely within the floodplain of the Murray River, and is bound by the Hume Highway/Hume Street to the north, the railway/freeway line to the east, Wodonga Place to the west and the Murray River to the south. The built-up part of the suburb includes residential and commercial/industrial areas.

Residents

The 2006 population of 1102 did not include those south of the railway line. The most common religion was

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, followed by

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, and the

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household income was $699 per week, below the Australian average of $1027 per week. The median age was 37.

Sport

Aloysius Park in South Albury is home to the Albury Hotspurs

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Club.https://www.facebook.com/AlburyHotspurs/ They compete in the Albury Wodonga Soccer Association.

References

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