Albion Park is a suburb situated in the Macquarie Valley in the City of Shellharbour, which is in turn one of the three local government areas that comprise the Wollongong Metropolitan Area, New South Wales, Australia. Although it is surrounded by a 'green belt' of farms, Albion Park had a population of 13,316 at the 2016 census.^[1]

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Albion Park Illawarra, New South Wales
Main Street
Albion Park
Coordinates	34°34′S 150°48′E
Population	13,316 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2527
Location	104 km (65 mi) south of Sydney 18 km (11 mi) south of Wollongong
LGA(s)	City of Shellharbour
Region	Illawarra
County	Camden
Parish	Jamberoo
State electorate(s)	Kiama
Federal division(s)	Whitlam
Suburbs around Albion Park: North Macquarie Calderwood Albion Park Rail Tullimbar Albion Park Croom Yellow Rock Curramore Croom

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The Illawarra escarpment is to the west, Dapto is to the north, Jamberoo is to the south and Shellharbour is to the east.

On 9 January 1821 the area around Albion Park was part of a grant of land of over 2000 acres given to Samuel Terry, a former convict who became one of the richest men in New South Wales.^[2][3] Terry owned and operated the Terry's Meadows Estate, which operated as a cattle stud.^[2][3] In 1834, Terry suffered from a stroke and died in 1838.^[3]

The land was inherited by Samuel Terry's nephew, John Terry Hughes.^[2] Hughes renamed the site to Albion Park.^[2]

The township began to grow around the centre of the estate.^[3] For European settlers, this had been a natural meeting place as it was where the road from Wollongong in the north crossed the road from the timber industry in Calderwood and Tongarra in the west as it ran out towards the port at Shellharbour.^[3]

The arrival of the railway line in 1887, and the completion of the road through Macquarie Pass to the Southern Highlands, hastened the town's growth.

Albion Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Tullimbar Road: Toongla^[4]

The term "Albion" is an ancient name of Great Britain.^[5] The name was given to the area by John Terry Hughes after originally being known as the Terry's Meadow Estate.^[2]

According to the 2021 census of Population, there were 13,826 people in Albion Park.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.
• 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.
• 90.4% of people only spoke English at home.
• The most common responses for religion were No Religion 39.0%, Catholic 24.3%, and Anglican 17.2%.^[1]

There are currently 4 Primary Schools and 3 High Schools in Albion Park:

• Albion Park Public School
• Albion Park High School
• Mount Terry Public School
• St. Joseph's Catholic School, Albion Park
• St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, Albion Park
• Calderwood Christian School
• Tullimbar Public School

Albion Park is home to the Shellharbour Regional Sporting Complex, which consists of two all-weather hockey fields, several football (rugby league) fields, a multi-purpose indoor basketball stadium, a turf cricket / AFL field, an athletics field, a BMX track, a remote control car racing track,^[6] and several tennis courts. A cycleway also courses its way through the Sporting Complex and links it to a polo field and a complex of soccer fields. Albion Park is also home to a Shellharbour Council Swimming Pool, which is open during the summer months and now costs a fee of $2.00 entry, to a pool paid for by the members of the town.