Blackwater

23.3% of Blackwater's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,070 family households lived in Blackwater; 46.3% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

48.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Blackwater had 4,702 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.7% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 92.8% of occupied private dwellings in Blackwater.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

11.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

24.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

64.7% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Blackwater had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.9% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 26.3% had four or more usual residents.

3.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

57.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

6.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.7% walked or cycled.

4.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

63.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

40.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 59.5% reported a different address.

10.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

79.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.0% of Blackwater's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.9%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 39.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 5.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

45.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 4.0% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.6%.

Median household income was $2,358 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 3.0% in Blackwater, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 11.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 64.7% in Blackwater, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.