387 ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 297
- 2016: 295
- 2021: 387
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Blackwood · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Blackwood
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Blackwood is far older than the national average, with the usual person aged 47. This makes the town an older community than most, where nearly 40% of people are between 45 and 64 years old.
387
▲ +30.3%
- 1–1: 689 areas
- 1–2: 0 areas
- 2–3: 119 areas
- 3–5: 108 areas
- 5–7: 243 areas
- 7–11: 241 areas
- 11–16: 514 areas
- 16–24: 579 areas
- 24–36: 898 areas
- 36–53: 1059 areas
- 53–79: 1168 areas
- 79–117: 1203 areas
- 117–174: 1171 areas
- 174–258: 1010 areas
- 258–384: 856 areas
- 384–571: 670 areas
- 571–850: 616 areas
- 850–1,263: 567 areas
- 1,263–1,879: 520 areas
- 1,879–2,794: 590 areas
- 2,794–4,154: 679 areas
- 4,154–6,177: 585 areas
- 6,177–9,186: 528 areas
- 9,186–13,659: 405 areas
- 13,659–20,311: 195 areas
- 20,311–30,202: 96 areas
- 30,202–44,910: 33 areas
- 44,910–66,781: 10 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blackwood — higher than 61% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
Blackwood has 387 residents, making it larger than about 64% of similar areas. The typical age here is 47, which is far older than the 38 years seen across Victoria and Australia.
47 yrs → 0.0%
Older than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47 yrs
- 2016: 44 yrs
- 2021: 47 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
The population is mostly adults, with 38% aged 45 to 64 and 21.7% aged 25 to 44. Children under 15 make up 15.5% of the area, which is a little below the national figure of 18.2%.
16.3% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.5% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Blackwood, the largest group is Older adults (45–64) at 39%, followed by Young adults (25–44) (22%) and Seniors (65+) (17%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 17.9% compared to 11.5% nationally. Very few residents identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, at 0.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17.9% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Blackwood splits fairly evenly between Never married (41%) and Married (38%), with Divorced at 14%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20256/blackwood/topic/demographics-identity