Black Mountain (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,175 people in Black Mountain (Qld) of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Black Mountain (Qld) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Black Mountain (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 61.7% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Black Mountain (Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Black Mountain (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Black Mountain (Qld) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Black Mountain (Qld) 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 11.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Black Mountain (Qld) were English 34.6%, Australian 26.9%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 7.8% and German 4.8%.

In Black Mountain (Qld), 74.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, New Zealand 2.0%, Netherlands 1.4%, Germany 1.1% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Black Mountain (Qld), 59.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Black Mountain (Qld) were No Religion 32.1%, Anglican 20.6%, Catholic 16.4%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Black Mountain (Qld) 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.6%, German 1.4%, Italian 0.3%, Japanese 0.3% and Afrikaans 0.3%.

Employment

There were 553 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Black Mountain (Qld). Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Black Mountain (Qld), 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Black Mountain (Qld) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Black Mountain (Qld) included Professionals 20.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Managers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Black Mountain (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 4.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Black Mountain (Qld) was $509.

In Black Mountain (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Other 1.9%, Bus 1.2% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Black Mountain (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% 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 Black Mountain (Qld), 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Black Mountain (Qld), 42.3% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Black Mountain (Qld) 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Black Mountain (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,025 and those without children was $1,924.

Employment status of couple families

In Black Mountain (Qld), of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Black Mountain (Qld), 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Black Mountain (Qld), 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Black Mountain (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Black Mountain (Qld), 40.3% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Black Mountain (Qld), of all households, 80.7% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Black Mountain (Qld), 25.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Black Mountain (Qld), 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Black Mountain (Qld), there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Black Mountain (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Black Mountain (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.