Hamilton Valley, New South Wales
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Hamilton Valley is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales
Albury, New South Wales
Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...

, located north-west of the Albury Central Business District
Central business district
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 and west of Lavington At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Hamilton Valley had a population of 491, although the area covered in the Census includes Splitters Creek and doesn't include some parts of Hamilton Valley. As a result, the population is probably closer to 450.

Hamilton Valley lies in a valley that broadly separates the Nail Can Hill and Black Ranges. It is surrounded by Table Top/Ettamogah
Table Top/Ettamogah, New South Wales
Table Top is an outer suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north of Albury and west of Bowna. At the 2006 census, Table Top had a population of 1109....

 to the north, Lavington
Lavington, New South Wales
Lavington is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north of the Albury Central Business District. At the 2006 census, Lavington had a population of 12 477....

 to the east, Splitters Creek
Splitters Creek, New South Wales
Splitters Creek is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located west of the Albury Central Business District.As its name suggests, Splitters Creek lies in the Splitters Creek valley in the hills of Nail Can Hill/Black Range on the Murray River floodplain...

 to the west and Glenroy
Glenroy, New South Wales
Glenroy is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north-west of the Albury Central Business District and west of Lavington At the 2006 census, Glenroy had a population of 2659, although the area covered in the Census is considerably different to the actual area of the...

 to the south.
Features of the area include the Panthers Lavington Sports Club and the Glenmorus Gardens Cemetery and Crematorium.

Geography

Hamilton Valley is a developing residential suburb but has large rural areas. The valley is located on a branch of the Bungambrawatha Creek heading out towards Jindera
Jindera, New South Wales
Jindera is a town in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated north of the regional centre of Albury, in the Greater Hume Shire Local government area...

. It is bound by Urana Road, Reservoir Road to the east, Glenroy
Glenroy, New South Wales
Glenroy is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north-west of the Albury Central Business District and west of Lavington At the 2006 census, Glenroy had a population of 2659, although the area covered in the Census is considerably different to the actual area of the...

 to the south and Splitters Creek
Splitters Creek, New South Wales
Splitters Creek is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located west of the Albury Central Business District.As its name suggests, Splitters Creek lies in the Splitters Creek valley in the hills of Nail Can Hill/Black Range on the Murray River floodplain...

 to the west.

Residents

At the 2006 Census, the population of Hamilton Valley was 491; however the area covered is considerably different to that of the real suburb (see above). The most common religion was Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
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, followed by Anglican, and the average household income was $1528, above the Australian average of $1027. The median age was 42.
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