Blackett

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,493 people were counted in Blackett: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 7.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett there were 1,063 children aged 0-14 years and 559 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, 2,892 people were Australian citizens, 773 were born overseas and 12 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, 40.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.1% were separated or divorced, 4.8% were widowed and 39.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, 69.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Blackett were New Zealand 3.5%, England 3.2%, Samoa 2.1%, Philippines 1.4% and Tonga 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Blackett on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.3%, Anglican 29.3%, No Religion 10.3%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Samoan 3.5%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.9%, Spanish 1.5%, Tongan 1.4% and Tagalog (Filipino) 1.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 74.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,183 people aged 15 years and over in Blackett were in the labour force. Of these 56.5% worked full-time, 24.9% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.8% were unemployed. 1,102 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Professionals 2.3%, Associate Professionals 2.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.7% and Managers and Administrators 0.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Blackett, the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.9%, Business Services 2.8%, Food Retailing 2.7%, Road Transport 2.1% and Construction Trade Services 1.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, 905 families were counted: of these, 19.8% were couple families without children, 41.9% were couple families with children, 36.6% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, 1,083 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Blackett, 90.5% were separate houses, 8.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, 25.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.3% were being purchased and 43.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 17.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 70.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 10.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Blackett, 81.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.