Blackstone Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,294 people in Blackstone Heights of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackstone Heights was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in Blackstone Heights aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackstone Heights was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Blackstone Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blackstone Heights was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Blackstone Heights 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 33.4% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackstone Heights were English 36.1%, Australian 35.2%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.0% and Italian 2.2%.

In Blackstone Heights, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, Scotland 0.6%, Philippines 0.5%, South Africa 0.5% and Ireland 0.3%.

In Blackstone Heights, 74.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackstone Heights were Anglican 27.8%, No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 23.1%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Pentecostal 2.2%.

In Blackstone Heights 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, French 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Arabic 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 763 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackstone Heights. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackstone Heights, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blackstone Heights was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Blackstone Heights included Professionals 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Managers 14.0%, Sales Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Blackstone Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Hospitals 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackstone Heights was $630.

In Blackstone Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.8%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Truck 1.8%, Motorbike/scooter 1.1% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackstone Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Blackstone Heights, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackstone Heights, 58.8% were couple families with children, 30.7% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Blackstone Heights 30.6% of single parents were male and 69.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackstone Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,401 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackstone Heights, of couple families with children, 21.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 34.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackstone Heights, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackstone Heights, 96.8% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blackstone Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackstone Heights, 32.4% were owned outright, 57.4% were owned with a mortgage and 9.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackstone Heights, of all households, 88.6% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Blackstone Heights, 12.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.2% 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 Blackstone Heights, 16.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackstone Heights, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Blackstone Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Blackstone Heights, 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.