Black Jack QLD 4820
80 addresses · 18 streets
Kennedy Electorate › Charters Towers LGA › Black Jack · 1072 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Black Jack is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 167 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,800 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dalrymple statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Black Jack itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Charters Towers, 10.8 km north-east · Airport: Charters Towers Aerodrome, 12.8 km north-east.
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: 13.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 13.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 47.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.3% · Labour-force participation 62.9%
Population by age in Black Jack
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 35 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Black Jack
| House | 51 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Black Jack
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Black Jack
| English | 78 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 64 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| Irish | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| German | 10 |
Housing tenure in Black Jack
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Black Jack
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Black Jack
| Car | 49 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
76 bird observations recorded near Black Jack — most often seen:
- Red-winged Parrot (7)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (6)
- Australian Raven (4)
- Double-barred Finch (4)
- Pale-headed Rosella (4)
- Pheasant Coucal (4)
- Pied Butcherbird (4)
- Apostlebird (3)
- Birds (3)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (3)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3)
- Tawny Frogmouth (3)
- Yellow Honeyeater (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Black Jack
- Black Kite (2)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (2)
- Crested Pigeon (2)
- Galah (2)
- Great Bowerbird (2)
- Little Friarbird (2)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (2)
- Willie Wagtail (2)
- Australian Bustard (1)
- Australian Hobby (1)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Australian Pelican (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (1)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (1)
- Brolga (1)
- Brown Falcon (1)
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 Jack:
- Southern Cross (7.3 km)
- Alabama Hill (8.6 km)
- Grand Secret (8.8 km)
- Towers Hill (8.9 km)
- Mosman Park (9 km)
- Charters Towers City (9.8 km)
- Millchester (10.7 km)
- Richmond Hill (10.8 km)
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Streets
- Black Jack Road (10)
- Connolly Road (1)
- Corral Road (7)
- Cuffe Road (1)
- Depot Road (3)
- Diamantina Road (1)
- Duke Street (8)
- Flinders Highway (11)
- Flinders West Highway (1)
- Frerichs Road (2)
- Huey Road (2)
- Jesmond Road (12)
- Knuth Road (1)
- Mcardle Road (3)
- Risdale Road (1)
- Severnvale Road (5)
- Truscott Road (5)
- Ulgula Road (6)
