Black Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 194 people in Black Point of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Black Point was 59 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 35.9% of the population.

Of people in Black Point aged 15 years and over, 71.1% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Black Point was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Black Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Black Point was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Black Point 8.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.1% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Black Point were English 35.4%, Australian 28.8%, Scottish 11.7%, German 10.9% and Irish 6.2%.

In Black Point, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 2.6%, Argentina 2.1%, Germany 1.6% and Philippines 1.6%.

In Black Point, 79.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Black Point were Uniting Church 30.4%, No Religion 26.3%, Anglican 14.4%, Catholic 13.9% and Lutheran 4.6%.

In Black Point 97.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tagalog 2.1%.

Employment

There were 64 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Black Point. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 10.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Black Point, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Black Point was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 66 years.

The most common occupations in Black Point included Managers 45.8%, Labourers 13.6%, Professionals 11.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.1%, Sales Workers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Black Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 26.2%, Other Livestock Farming 4.9%, Other Mining Support Services 4.9%, Building Completion Services 4.9% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Black Point was $336.

In Black Point, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.1%, Car, as passenger 12.3% and Other 10.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Black Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.2% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.1% 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 Point, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Black Point, 13.0% were couple families with children, 87.0% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Black Point 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Black Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Black Point, of couple families with children, 14.3% had both partners employed full-time, 12.5% had both employed part-time and 5.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Black Point, 15.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 85.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Black Point, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Black Point, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.4% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Black Point, 70.2% were owned outright, 11.9% were owned with a mortgage and 14.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Black Point, of all households, 64.7% were family households, 35.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Black Point, 49.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Point, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Black Point, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Point, 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 Point, 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.