Blairmount

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 482 people in Blairmount of these 57.7% were male and 42.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Blairmount was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.0% of the population.

Of people in Blairmount aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blairmount was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Blairmount, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blairmount was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Blairmount 41.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.7% were in primary school, 38.4% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blairmount were English 21.5%, Australian 21.3%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 4.0% and German 4.0%.

In Blairmount, 62.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Samoa 2.7%, New Zealand 2.5%, Fiji 2.3% and Lebanon 2.3%.

In Blairmount, 50.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blairmount were Catholic 39.5%, Anglican 16.0%, No Religion 6.9%, Islam 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Blairmount 64.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 5.0%, Arabic 4.4%, Hindi 2.9%, Spanish 2.3% and Italian 1.7%.

Employment

There were 219 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blairmount. Of these 64.4% were employed full time, 21.0% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blairmount, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blairmount was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Blairmount included Managers 17.1%, Labourers 16.1%, Professionals 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%.

Of the employed people in Blairmount, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.3%, Child Care Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4% and Furniture Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blairmount was $609.

In Blairmount, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Train 8.8%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Walked only 7.8% and Other 2.0%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blairmount, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Blairmount, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blairmount, 48.6% were couple families with children, 28.0% were couple families without children and 20.6% were one parent families.

In Blairmount 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blairmount, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,036 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Blairmount, of couple families with children, 37.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blairmount, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blairmount, 95.0% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blairmount, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 26.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blairmount, 19.3% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 37.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Blairmount, of all households, 85.0% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Blairmount, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Blairmount, 38.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blairmount, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 80.0%) were male and 3 (or 20.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Blairmount, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,166.

In Blairmount, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.