Blackall QLD 4472

Living Here

Blackall is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,365 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,143 a week, with median rent near $157 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Barcaldine - Blackall statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blackall itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Blackall State School
  • Saint Josephs Primary School
• 5 cafés & restaurants

  • The Woolshed Baa and Grill & Baa-rista
  • House & Garden Cafe
  • Tina's
  • The Drawing Board Boutique
  • Outback Pioneer Centre Blackall
• 2 supermarkets

  • Blackall IGA
  • Spar
• 2 parks

  • Banks Park
  • Ram Park
• 1 pharmacy

  • Alliance Outback Chemist
• 1 dentist

  • JAD Wagner
• 1 optometrist

  • Lincoln Wagner
• 1 hospital

  • Blackall Hospital
• 1 library

  • Blackall Public Library
• 1 post office

  • Blackall LPO
• 1 service station

  • BP
• 1 gym

  • Jess Johnson Health & Fitness
• 1 bakery

  • Schluters Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • Barco Butchery
• 1 beauty salon

  • Pinky Promise
• 4 places to stay

  • The Lodge on Hawthorn
  • Oasis Motor Inn
  • Barcoo Hotel Caravan Park
  • Blackall Motel

Getting around. Airport: Blackall Airport, 3.6 km west.

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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: 6.1% 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 2.3% · Labour-force participation 56.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,197 bird observations recorded near Blackall — most often seen:

• Black Kite (168)
• Magpie-lark (132)
• Crested Pigeon (127)
• Galah (119)
• Whistling Kite (99)
• Willie Wagtail (97)
• Yellow-throated Miner (95)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (91)
• Red-winged Parrot (89)
• Peaceful Dove (74)
• Australian Magpie (72)
• Laughing Kookaburra (68)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (65)

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 Blackall:

• Evora (43.3 km)
• Home Creek (54.7 km)
• Moombria (64.3 km)
• Mount Enniskillen (66.2 km)
• Macfarlane (75.5 km)

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