Blackall

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,588 people in Blackall of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackall was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in Blackall aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackall was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Blackall, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blackall was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Blackall 21.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.6% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackall were Australian 38.2%, English 29.8%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.6% and German 5.4%.

In Blackall, 92.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Philippines 0.9%, Scotland 0.4% and Cambodia 0.2%.

In Blackall, 88.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackall were Anglican 33.8%, Catholic 30.7%, No Religion 12.4%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Blackall 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maori (New Zealand) 0.3%, Arabic 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2%, Filipino 0.2% and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.2%.

Employment

There were 813 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackall. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackall, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blackall was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Blackall included Managers 24.8%, Labourers 21.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Professionals 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Blackall, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 24.8%, Local Government Administration 7.9%, School Education 6.3%, Hospitals 4.7% and Residential Care Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackall was $482.

In Blackall, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.6%, Walked only 13.8%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Truck 2.4% and Bicycle 2.3%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackall, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.0% 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 Blackall, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackall, 40.0% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Blackall 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackall, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,611 and those without children was $1,474.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackall, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackall, 75.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackall, 87.9% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Blackall, of occupied private dwellings 7.8% had 1 bedroom, 22.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackall, 41.6% were owned outright, 22.8% were owned with a mortgage and 29.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackall, of all households, 68.1% were family households, 30.5% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Blackall, 34.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Blackall, 35.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackall, there were 55 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 52.7%) were male and 26 (or 47.3%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Blackall, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $742.

In Blackall, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.