Blackbutt North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 388 people in Blackbutt North of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackbutt North was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.6% of the population.

Of people in Blackbutt North aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 17.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackbutt North was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Blackbutt North, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blackbutt North was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Blackbutt North 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackbutt North were English 35.2%, Australian 25.3%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.7% and German 4.3%.

In Blackbutt North, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 2.0%, Croatia 0.8%, Finland 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In Blackbutt North, 74.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackbutt North were No Religion 29.0%, Anglican 23.6%, Catholic 14.9%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Blackbutt North 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Finnish 0.8%, Croatian 0.8% and Romanian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackbutt North. Of these 40.2% were employed full time, 34.6% were employed part-time and 13.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackbutt North, 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blackbutt North was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Blackbutt North included Labourers 26.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 23.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Managers 7.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.3% and Professionals 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Blackbutt North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 9.7%, Residential Care Services 6.5%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 5.4% and Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 5.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackbutt North was $309.

In Blackbutt North, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.1%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Truck 6.4% and Other 3.2%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackbutt North, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.0% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Blackbutt North, 19.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackbutt North, 22.7% were couple families with children, 58.2% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Blackbutt North 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackbutt North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $933 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackbutt North, of couple families with children, 4.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 4.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackbutt North, 77.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackbutt North, 93.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.8% were other dwellings.

In Blackbutt North, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackbutt North, 41.4% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 21.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackbutt North, of all households, 63.4% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 8.1% were group households.

In Blackbutt North, 53.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 Blackbutt North, 40.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackbutt North, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 64.3%) were male and 5 (or 35.7%) 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 Blackbutt North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $433.

In Blackbutt North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.