Blackmans Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 264 people in Blackmans Point of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Blackmans Point was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Blackmans Point aged 15 years and over, 45.4% were married and 24.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blackmans Point was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Blackmans Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blackmans Point was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 59 years.

In Blackmans Point 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.3% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blackmans Point were English 39.2%, Australian 28.8%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 5.4% and German 4.4%.

In Blackmans Point, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Germany 1.5%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and Papua New Guinea 1.1%.

In Blackmans Point, 77.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blackmans Point were Anglican 37.5%, Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 17.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Blackmans Point 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.5%.

Employment

There were 116 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blackmans Point. Of these 46.6% were employed full time, 36.2% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blackmans Point, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blackmans Point was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Blackmans Point included Labourers 16.8%, Professionals 15.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.0%, Managers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Blackmans Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Central Government Administration 3.5% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blackmans Point was $459.

In Blackmans Point, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.4%, Walked only 8.0%, Truck 2.7% and Motorbike/scooter 2.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blackmans Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.0% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Blackmans Point, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blackmans Point, 38.4% were couple families with children, 45.2% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Blackmans Point 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blackmans Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Blackmans Point, of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blackmans Point, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackmans Point, 67.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 33.0% were other dwellings.

In Blackmans Point, of occupied private dwellings 14.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 22.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blackmans Point, 41.6% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Blackmans Point, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Blackmans Point, 39.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Blackmans Point, 27.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blackmans Point, 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 25 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 Blackmans Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Blackmans Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.