Black Mountain

14.5% of Black Mountain's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

449 family households lived in Black Mountain; 39.2% were couple families and 8.0% were one-parent families.

28.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Black Mountain had 1,560 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Black Mountain.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

47.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

45.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Black Mountain had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 17.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 44.6%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

60.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 21.3% of the total.

78.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.0% reported a different address.

20.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

20.1% of Black Mountain's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.1% of ancestry responses in Black Mountain.

Australian ancestry made up 36.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

19.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

24.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.5%.

Median household income was $1,648 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 17.1% in Black Mountain, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 7.0% in Black Mountain, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.