Blackrock

17.6% of Blackrock's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

87 family households lived in Blackrock; 47.1% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.

29.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Blackrock had 319 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 101.8% of occupied private dwellings in Blackrock.

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

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

56.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

31.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Blackrock had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 18.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 40.9%, while 30.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

73.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 22.2% of the total.

76.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

82.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 17.4% reported a different address.

5.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.0% of Blackrock's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.0% 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 90.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.8% of ancestry responses in Blackrock.

Australian ancestry made up 47.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 57.2%.

Median household income was $1,963 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,192.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $190 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in Blackrock, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 56.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 11.9% in Blackrock, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.