Blacks Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,871 people in Blacks Beach of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Blacks Beach was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.6% of the population.

Of people in Blacks Beach aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blacks Beach was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Blacks Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blacks Beach was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Blacks Beach 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.1% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blacks Beach were English 30.5%, Australian 28.1%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.8% and German 3.6%.

In Blacks Beach, 73.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 4.6%, South Africa 4.1%, Zimbabwe 1.1% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Blacks Beach, 63.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blacks Beach were Catholic 27.1%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 19.0%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Blacks Beach 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 2.6%, German 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2%, Spanish 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,615 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blacks Beach. Of these 71.0% were employed full time, 19.6% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blacks Beach, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blacks Beach was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Blacks Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.8%, Professionals 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Managers 11.2%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Labourers 7.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Blacks Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 12.0%, School Education 4.4%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 3.1%, Other Mining Support Services 2.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blacks Beach was $1,000.

In Blacks Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.9%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Bus 3.5%, Truck 1.0% and Motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blacks Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.9% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Blacks Beach, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blacks Beach, 54.4% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Blacks Beach 20.9% of single parents were male and 79.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blacks Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,898 and those without children was $2,637.

Employment status of couple families

In Blacks Beach, of couple families with children, 28.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.9% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blacks Beach, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blacks Beach, 84.1% were separate houses, 12.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Blacks Beach, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 31.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blacks Beach, 13.4% were owned outright, 39.5% were owned with a mortgage and 45.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Blacks Beach, of all households, 87.5% were family households, 7.7% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Blacks Beach, 6.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.4% 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 Blacks Beach, 21.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blacks Beach, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 63.0%) were male and 20 (or 37.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Blacks Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,458.

In Blacks Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,592.