Blackwater

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,837 people in Blackwater of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackwater was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.1% of the population.

Of people in Blackwater aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackwater was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Blackwater, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blackwater was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Blackwater 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackwater were Australian 36.2%, English 26.9%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 5.9% and German 4.8%.

In Blackwater, 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.0%, England 0.8%, Papua New Guinea 0.6%, Philippines 0.5% and Zimbabwe 0.5%.

In Blackwater, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackwater were Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 24.2%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Blackwater 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Shona 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Indonesian 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,679 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackwater. Of these 71.0% were employed full time, 19.0% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackwater, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Blackwater included Machinery Operators And Drivers 27.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.7%, Labourers 11.0%, Professionals 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Managers 5.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Blackwater, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 45.1%, School Education 5.4%, Accommodation 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackwater was $1,155.

In Blackwater, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Car, as passenger 10.8%, Walked only 5.3%, Bus 4.1% and Truck 0.8%. 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 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackwater, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.3% provided care for children and 6.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Blackwater, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackwater, 57.5% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Blackwater 35.0% of single parents were male and 65.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackwater, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,074 and those without children was $3,165.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackwater, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackwater, 73.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackwater, 95.6% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Blackwater, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 4.8% had 2 bedrooms and 60.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackwater, 12.6% were owned outright, 22.4% were owned with a mortgage and 62.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackwater, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Blackwater, 7.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 31.5% 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 Blackwater, 24.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackwater, there were 244 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 135 (or 55.3%) were male and 109 (or 44.7%) 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 Blackwater, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Blackwater, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $93 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.