Blairmount

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 566 people were counted in Blairmount: of these 69.8% were male and 30.2% were female. Of the total population 3.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount there were 145 children aged 0-14 years and 59 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, 511 people were Australian citizens, 103 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, 32.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.2% were separated or divorced, 2.2% were widowed and 63.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, 77.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Blairmount were England 2.3%, Kuwait 1.6%, Lebanon 1.4%, New Zealand 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Blairmount on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 50.0%, Anglican 17.8%, No Religion 5.5%, Islam 4.6% and Uniting Church 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.2%, German 1.6%, Persian 1.2%, Lao 0.9% and Greek 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 79.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 186 people aged 15 years and over in Blairmount were in the labour force. Of these 66.1% worked full-time, 22.0% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.6% were unemployed. 218 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 8.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0%, Managers and Administrators 3.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.7% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Blairmount, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 8.2%, Business Services 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.5%, Health Services 2.2% and Construction Trade Services 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, 82 families were counted: of these, 25.6% were couple families without children, 64.6% were couple families with children, 9.8% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, 100 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Blairmount, 72.0% were separate houses, 25.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 38.0% were being purchased and 34.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 73.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 23.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Blairmount, 85.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 11.0% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.