Blacks Beach

25.5% of Blacks Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1,080 family households lived in Blacks Beach; 43.4% were couple families and 21.8% were one-parent families.

51.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Blacks Beach had 4,153 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 86.0% of occupied private dwellings in Blacks Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

15.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

29.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

54.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Blacks Beach had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 31.5% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

76.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 34.1% of the total.

64.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

37.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 62.8% reported a different address.

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

15.0% of Blacks Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.5% of ancestry responses in Blacks Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 37.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

14.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

41.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.3%.

Median household income was $2,013 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Blacks Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 15.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 54.6% in Blacks Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.