Blacksoil QLD 4306

Living Here

Blacksoil is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 106 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $300 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 Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • West Moreton Anglican College
  • Ipswich State High School
  • Brassall State School
  • Ipswich Adventist School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • WestMac Cafe
• 2 parks

  • John Murphy Park
  • Bellona Park
• 3 Catholic churches

  • St. Michael's
  • St. Andrews Catholic Church
  • St Mary's
• 3 hospitals

  • Ipswich Hospital
  • St Andrews Private Hospital
  • Ipswich Hospice Care
• 1 vet

  • Pine Mountain Vet Clinic
• 1 childcare centre

  • Outside Hours School Care (OHSC)
• 3 service stations

  • BP Blacksoil North
  • BP
  • Ampol
• 1 gym

  • School Gym
• 3 golf clubs

  • Ipswich Country Club
  • Sandy Gallop Golf Course
  • Ipswich Golf Driving Range
• 1 dog park

  • Wuluraka Dog Park
• 1 electrician

  • Strybos and Sons
• 3 carpenters

  • Cedar Sales
  • Totalspan Sheds
  • Titan Garages and Carports

Getting around. Train station: Karrabin, 3.3 km south · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 46.5 km north-east.

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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: 29.6% 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 8.1% · Labour-force participation 41.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

38,392 bird observations recorded near Blacksoil — most often seen:

• Noisy Miner (2,082)
• Torresian Crow (1,996)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (1,898)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,861)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,856)
• Australian Magpie (1,816)
• Grey Butcherbird (1,645)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (1,615)
• Striated Pardalote (1,571)
• Pied Butcherbird (1,417)
• Eastern Whipbird (1,357)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,318)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (1,225)

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 Blacksoil:

• Karrabin (2.4 km)
• Pine Mountain (2.4 km)
• Muirlea (3 km)
• Brassall (3.4 km)
• Ironbark (3.7 km)
• Wulkuraka (4.8 km)
• Coalfalls (5.2 km)
• Walloon (5.4 km)

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