Moving to Albany

Moving to a new town is really exciting, but can also be stressful. The City of Albany has compiled this guide to provide all of the basic information that you may need when moving to Albany.

If you think that we have missed anything then please let up know by contacting us at [email protected].

Suburbs

The City of Albany covers an area of just over 4000km2. There are 61 suburbs with the City, these are listed below. The links will take you to the Wikipedia page for each suburb.

Albany Bayonet Head Big Grove Bornholm Centennial Park Cheynes Collingwood Heights Collingwood Park Cuthbert Drome Elleker Emu Point Frenchman Bay Gledhow Gnowellen Goode Beach Green Valley Green Range Kalgan King River

Kojaneerip South Kronkup Lange Little Grove Lockyer Lower King Lowlands Manypeaks Marbelup McKail Mettler Middleton Beach Millbrook Milpara Mira Mar Mount Clarence Mount Elphinstone Mount Melville Nanarup Napier

Nullaki Orana Palmdale Port Albany Redmond Redmond West Robinson Sandpatch Seppings South Stirling Spencer Park Torbay Torndirrup Vancouver Peninsula Walmsley Warrenup Wellstead West Cape Howe Willyung Yakamia Youngs Siding

Finding Accommodation

Possibly the biggest challenge when moving to a new place is finding somewhere to live. There are a number of local real estate agents that can be found on-line by searching for 'Real Estate Agents Albany'.

Climate

The City of Albany enjoys a Mediterranean climate with warm dry summers and mild wet winters. More information about Albany's average climate can be found on the Bureau of Meteorology website.

Government Services

As a regional centre Albany is home to a board range of government services. We have provided links to the locations of other government offices located in Albany CBD.

Department of Human Services - Centerlink & Medicare

Department of Transport

Police

Albany Magistrates Court

Department of Fisheries

Water Corporation

Main Roads

State and Federal Elected Members

State

The Hon. Peter Bruce Watson MLA - Speaker

Federal

Rick Wilson MP - Federal member for O'Conner

Broadband and Internet

The speed and availability of internet connections across Albany varies greatly. ADSL2 is available in many areas, but ports at the exchange can be limited. Many areas can only connect using wireless broadband. If you require a high speed internet connection it is worth investigating the availability prior to moving.

NBN

The National Broad Band Network is scheduled to be rolled out across Albany, this will be both fixed wireless and Fiber to the Node (FTTN). To find out when NBN will be installed visit the NBN website.

Public Transport

Albany has a scheduled bus service that runs to all parts of the City.

For more information on bus routes and time tables view our getting around by bus page.