Blackalls Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,763 people in Blackalls Park of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackalls Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Blackalls Park aged 15 years and over, 47.0% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackalls Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Blackalls Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blackalls Park was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Blackalls Park 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackalls Park were English 34.1%, Australian 34.1%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.8% and German 3.2%.

In Blackalls Park, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.5%, Germany 0.4% and United States of America 0.3%.

In Blackalls Park, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackalls Park were Anglican 30.3%, No Religion 19.5%, Catholic 19.0%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Baptist 4.0%.

In Blackalls Park 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.3%, German 0.2%, Spanish 0.2%, Khmer 0.2% and Dinka 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackalls Park. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackalls Park, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blackalls Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Blackalls Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Labourers 14.4%, Professionals 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Managers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Blackalls Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, School Education 5.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Residential Care Services 4.0% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackalls Park was $472.

In Blackalls Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Train 2.5%, Truck 1.7% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 4.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackalls Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Blackalls Park, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackalls Park, 41.0% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 20.1% were one parent families.

In Blackalls Park 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackalls Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,116 and those without children was $1,711.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackalls Park, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackalls Park, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackalls Park, 89.2% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blackalls Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 56.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackalls Park, 40.1% were owned outright, 34.1% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackalls Park, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Blackalls Park, 28.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Blackalls Park, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackalls Park, there were 135 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 70 (or 51.9%) were male and 65 (or 48.1%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Blackalls Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,208.

In Blackalls Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $167 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,080.