Blackstone Heights

18.8% of Blackstone Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

387 family households lived in Blackstone Heights; 49.4% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

37.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Blackstone Heights had 1,245 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Blackstone Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

42.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

49.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

The average household in Blackstone Heights had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 13.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 30.6% had four or more usual residents.

8.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

73.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.

One-car households formed 16.6% of the total.

84.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.6% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

95.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.9% of Blackstone Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.6% of ancestry responses in Blackstone Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 48.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

20.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.2%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

43.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

63.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.1%.

Median household income was $2,324 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 8.6% in Blackstone Heights, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 42.6% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 7.5% in Blackstone Heights, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..