Blackbutt

16.2% of Blackbutt's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

969 family households lived in Blackbutt; 43.9% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

32.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Blackbutt had 3,291 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 70.2% of occupied private dwellings in Blackbutt.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 28.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

41.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Blackbutt had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 26.8% had four or more usual residents.

18.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

54.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 31.4% of the total.

63.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.2% reported a different address.

23.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

75.0% of residents used only English at home.

21.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

23.5% of Blackbutt's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.5% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.0% of ancestry responses in Blackbutt.

Australian ancestry made up 30.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

18.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

29.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.9%.

Median household income was $1,604 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 18.7% in Blackbutt, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 41.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.8% in Blackbutt, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.