Blackburn North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,028 people in Blackburn North of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackburn North was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Blackburn North aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackburn North was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Blackburn North, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blackburn North was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Blackburn North 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackburn North were English 21.6%, Australian 21.4%, Chinese 10.8%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Blackburn North, 67.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.1%, England 2.7%, Malaysia 2.2%, India 1.6% and Italy 1.5%.

In Blackburn North, 44.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackburn North were No Religion 25.5%, Catholic 23.5%, Anglican 11.9%, Eastern Orthodox 6.0% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Blackburn North 67.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.7%, Cantonese 5.5%, Greek 4.0%, Italian 2.8% and Vietnamese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 3,362 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackburn North. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackburn North, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blackburn North was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Blackburn North included Professionals 28.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Managers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Blackburn North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 2.9% and Tertiary Education 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackburn North was $555.

In Blackburn North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.0%, Train 4.8%, Bus 3.7%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 14.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackburn North, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Blackburn North, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackburn North, 51.8% were couple families with children, 31.9% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Blackburn North 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackburn North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,336 and those without children was $2,216.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackburn North, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackburn North, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackburn North, 90.0% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Blackburn North, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.4% had 2 bedrooms and 61.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackburn North, 43.1% were owned outright, 36.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackburn North, of all households, 75.3% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Blackburn North, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Blackburn North, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackburn North, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 61.5%) were male and 5 (or 38.5%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Blackburn North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,062.

In Blackburn North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.