Blackbutt

11.9% of Blackbutt's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

220 family households lived in Blackbutt; 22.3% were couple families and 17.7% were one-parent families.

22.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Blackbutt had 799 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

57.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.9% of occupied private dwellings in Blackbutt.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

59.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

16.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Blackbutt had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 36.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.7%, while 10.2% had four or more usual residents.

7.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

59.5% 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 11.3% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 50.6% of the total.

44.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.6% reported a different address.

14.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.8% of Blackbutt's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.2% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.9% of ancestry responses in Blackbutt.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

8.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.7% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 31.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

13.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 12.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

43.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 19.1% arthritis and 9.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.9%.

Median household income was $768 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $917.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 7.7% in Blackbutt, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 59.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.8% in Blackbutt, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.