Blackbutt (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 618 people in Blackbutt (L) of these 46.4% were male and 53.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackbutt (L) was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 31.6% of the population.

Of people in Blackbutt (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.1% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackbutt (L) was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Blackbutt (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blackbutt (L) was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Blackbutt (L) 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackbutt (L) were Australian 32.6%, English 29.7%, Irish 8.9%, German 7.7% and Scottish 7.2%.

In Blackbutt (L), 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 2.4%, Netherlands 1.0%, Scotland 1.0% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Blackbutt (L), 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackbutt (L) were Anglican 25.8%, No Religion 17.9%, Catholic 17.1%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Blackbutt (L) 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 0.8%, Italian 0.6% and Hebrew 0.6%.

Employment

There were 178 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackbutt (L). Of these 47.8% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 14.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackbutt (L), 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blackbutt (L) was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Blackbutt (L) included Labourers 23.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.3%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Managers 8.4%, Professionals 6.5% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Blackbutt (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5% and Residential Building Construction 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackbutt (L) was $342.

In Blackbutt (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.1%, Walked only 10.9%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Bus 2.6% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackbutt (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.2% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Blackbutt (L), 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackbutt (L), 23.8% were couple families with children, 55.5% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Blackbutt (L) 23.3% of single parents were male and 76.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackbutt (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,542 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackbutt (L), of couple families with children, 8.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackbutt (L), 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackbutt (L), 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blackbutt (L), of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 58.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackbutt (L), 47.9% were owned outright, 16.5% were owned with a mortgage and 31.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackbutt (L), of all households, 60.2% were family households, 35.7% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Blackbutt (L), 55.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Blackbutt (L), 52.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackbutt (L), there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 46.7%) were male and 8 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Blackbutt (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,224.

In Blackbutt (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $200.