Blacktown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 43,374 people in Blacktown of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Blacktown was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Blacktown aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blacktown was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Blacktown, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blacktown was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Blacktown 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% 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 Blacktown were Australian 17.7%, English 15.3%, Indian 8.8%, Filipino 5.2% and Irish 4.4%.

In Blacktown, 50.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 8.9%, Philippines 4.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3%, New Zealand 2.2% and Fiji 2.1%.

In Blacktown, 29.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 62.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blacktown were Catholic 30.1%, Anglican 12.5%, No Religion 10.5%, Hinduism 8.3% and Islam 7.4%.

In Blacktown 49.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 5.0%, Hindi 4.5%, Punjabi 4.4%, Tagalog 3.0% and Mandarin 1.9%.

Employment

There were 20,448 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blacktown. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blacktown, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blacktown was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Blacktown included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Professionals 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Labourers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Blacktown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Hospitals 3.6%, School Education 3.0%, Residential Care Services 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blacktown was $507.

In Blacktown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Train 11.0%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train, bus 3.4% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 20.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blacktown, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.0% 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 Blacktown, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blacktown, 49.7% were couple families with children, 29.5% were couple families without children and 18.6% were one parent families.

In Blacktown 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blacktown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,064 and those without children was $1,816.

Employment status of couple families

In Blacktown, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blacktown, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blacktown, 70.8% were separate houses, 14.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Blacktown, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 22.6% had 2 bedrooms and 48.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blacktown, 26.6% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 34.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Blacktown, of all households, 77.0% were family households, 19.9% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Blacktown, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Blacktown, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blacktown, there were 671 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 320 (or 47.7%) were male and 351 (or 52.3%) 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 Blacktown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $908.

In Blacktown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,907.