Blakiston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 351 people in Blakiston of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Blakiston was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Blakiston aged 15 years and over, 71.1% were married and 4.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blakiston was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Blakiston, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blakiston was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Blakiston 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.9% were in primary school, 28.4% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blakiston were English 32.2%, Australian 31.4%, German 10.9%, Scottish 4.7% and Irish 4.7%.

In Blakiston, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.1%, Ireland 1.1%, Canada 0.9%, Germany 0.9% and Malaysia 0.9%.

In Blakiston, 61.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blakiston were No Religion 24.9%, Anglican 19.2%, Lutheran 13.2%, Catholic 11.5% and Uniting Church 11.2%.

In Blakiston 98.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blakiston. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 36.4% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blakiston, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Blakiston included Professionals 19.3%, Managers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Blakiston, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Management and Related Consulting Services 3.5% and Residential Building Construction 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blakiston was $803.

In Blakiston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bus 1.5%, Other 1.5% and Bus, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blakiston, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.0% provided care for children and 19.7% 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 Blakiston, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blakiston, 51.9% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 5.6% were one parent families.

In Blakiston 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blakiston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,550 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Blakiston, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 29.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blakiston, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blakiston, 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 Blakiston, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blakiston, 49.2% were owned outright, 48.3% were owned with a mortgage and 2.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Blakiston, of all households, 93.3% were family households, 6.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Blakiston, 7.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.6% 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 Blakiston, 12.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blakiston, 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 Blakiston, 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 Blakiston, 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.