Blackall

15.2% of Blackall's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

375 family households lived in Blackall; 30.4% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

28.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Blackall had 1,365 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 96.9% of occupied private dwellings in Blackall.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

47.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

23.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Blackall had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 40.3%, while 16.4% had four or more usual residents.

15.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

56.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.4% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 38.4% of the total.

56.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.4% reported a different address.

5.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

90.3% 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.

5.1% of Blackall's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Blackall.

Australian ancestry made up 45.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

8.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 20.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.6%.

Median household income was $1,143 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $157 per week.

Working from home was 15.2% in Blackall, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 29.2% in Blackall, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.