Black Rock Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Black Rock (3193) is a suburb of Melbourne, Bayside, Victoria. It is about 18 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Black Rock is in the federal electorate of Goldstein.

In the 2011 census the population of Black Rock was 5,944 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Black Rock is 46 years of age.

72.3% of people living in the suburb of Black Rock were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.9% England, 1.8% New Zealand, 0.9% South Africa, 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% United States of America, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% China , 0.6% Italy, 0.5% Greece, 0.4% Egypt, 0.4% Japan, 0.4% India, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Malaysia.

85.2% of people living in Black Rock speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Greek, 1.3% Other, 1.0% Italian, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.6% German, 0.6% Russian, 0.5% Japanese, 0.4% French.

The religious makeup of Black Rock is 27.0% No religion, 23.2% Catholic, 20.7% Anglican, 9.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.7% Uniting Church, 3.6% Eastern Orthodox, 2.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.1% Buddhism, 1.0% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Other religious affiliation .

57.9% of people are married, 25.0% have never married and 8.5% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 305 widowed people living in Black Rock.

57.7% of the people living in Black Rock over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.1% are working on a part time basis. Black Rock has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Black Rock are 32.4% Professionals, 20.3% Managers, 14.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.7% Sales workers, 8.4% Community & personal service workers, 7.4% Technicians & trades workers, 3.4% Labourers, 2.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.1% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Black Rock work in are 14.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 11.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.0% Education and training, 9.5% Retail trade, 8.6% Manufacturing, 7.3% Construction, 5.8% Financial and insurance services, 5.2% Wholesale trade, 5.0% Accommodation and food services.

46.8% of homes are fully owned, and 31.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $767 per week and the median household income is $1742 per week.

The median rent in Black Rock is $381 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Black Rock postcode 3193