Black Jack · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Black Jack

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger living arrangements define daily life in Black Jack, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone and families often share a roof.

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📍 Black Jack, Suburb / Locality

Where Black Jack sits — Average household size

2.9
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Black Jack — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Black Jack2.9
4820, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 17% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with 13.2% of households containing six or more people.

2.9

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.0%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 22.0%
  • 2021: 17.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Black Jack, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.6%, a figure well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

10.6%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.1%
  • 2021: 10.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Black Jack, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Black Jack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30266/black-jack/topic/family-households