North Albury 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 of the Albury Central Business District

Central business district

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. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, North Albury had a population of 6089.

North Albury lies on the mostly flat area adjacent to Nail Can Hill, on the Murray River floodplain, and is bordered by 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 west, 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 north, Thurgoona

Thurgoona, New South Wales

Thurgoona is an outer suburb of the regional city of Albury in southern New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is located in the City of Albury Local government area.It is the site of one of the campuses of Charles Sturt University...

 to the east, and Central Albury to the south.
North Albury is a mostly residential area. Features of the area include Albury Racecourse, Albury Showground, Pioneer Cemetery, Frederick Park and 5 schools.

Geography

North Albury is bound to the north by Union Street, to the east by Dallinger Road and Fallon Street, to the south by the Bungambrawatha Creek and Ryan Road and to the west by Burrows Road..
North Albury is mostly residential. Most of the area is flat, except for a few hills that are a part of Nail can in the west.

Residents

At the 2006 Census, the population of North Albury was 6089. The most common religion was Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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, followed by Anglican, and the weekly median

Median

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 household income was $724, below the Australian average of $1027. The median age was 36.

See also

• North Albury Football Club
  North Albury Football Club
  The North Albury Football Club, nicknamed The Hoppers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League . They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has...