Black Mountain NSW 2365

Living Here

Black Mountain is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 291 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,768 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Armidale Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Black Mountain itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Black Mountain Public School
• 1 park

  • Lyn Raanhuis-Winter Railway Park
• 1 hospital

  • Guyra Multi-Purpose Service
• 1 service station

  • Black Mountain Roadhouse
• 1 place to stay

  • Black Mountain Motel

Getting around. Airport: Armidale Regional Airport, 23.4 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 26.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 63.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

444 bird observations recorded near Black Mountain — most often seen:

• Crimson Rosella (37)
• Australian Magpie (25)
• White-throated Treecreeper (22)
• Grey Fantail (19)
• Laughing Kookaburra (18)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (18)
• Brown Thornbill (17)
• Buff-rumped Thornbill (17)
• Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (17)
• Eastern Rosella (17)
• Striated Pardalote (16)
• Superb Fairy-wren (16)
• South-eastern Grey Fantail (15)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Black Mountain:

• South Guyra (9.8 km)
• Puddledock (10 km)
• Tilbuster (10.6 km)
• Duval (11 km)
• Guyra (11.9 km)
• Green Hills (12.8 km)
• Donald Creek (14.7 km)
• Dumaresq (15.1 km)

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