Blackstone QLD 4304

Living Here

Blackstone is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,144 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,657 a week, with median rent near $328 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Bundamba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blackstone itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 17 schools

  • Bundamba State Secondary College
  • Bundamba State School
  • Sacred Heart Parish School
  • Claremont Special School
  • Silkstone State School
  • Raceview State School
  • Bethany Lutheran Primary School
  • Ipswich East State School
  • Ipswich Central State School
  • Ipswich Girls' Grammar School

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• 13 cafés & restaurants

  • Double Zero Bakery
  • The Barn
  • Thirty Seven Cafe & Restaurant
  • Coffee Club
  • Char'd
  • Plantations
  • Spice Garden
  • Finns Cafe
  • Shamrocks
  • Kreative Desserts

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• 3 supermarkets

  • IGA
  • Woolworths
  • Aldi
• 20 parks

  • Gareth and Dorothy Thomas Park
  • George Palmer Park
  • Evelyn Dodds Cultural Reserve
  • Alf Kalamafoni Park
  • Rotary Park
  • David W Coultas Park
  • Worley Park
  • Norm Brown Park
  • Thomas Purnell Park
  • Bremervale Park

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• 2 Catholic churches

  • Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church
  • St Mary's
• 1 pharmacy

  • Foote's Pharmacy
• 8 doctors & medical clinics

  • After Hours Clinic
  • Mater Pathology Blackstone
  • Bundamba Medical Centre
  • Kambu Booval Respiratory Clinic
  • Station Road Medical Centre
  • Silkstone Doctors
  • Grange Road Medical
  • East Ipswich Specialist Clinic
• 5 optometrists

  • Specsavers
  • Laubman & Pank
  • OPSM
  • Eyemode Eyewear
  • Sunny Line
• 6 hospitals

  • Ipswich Hospice Care
  • St Andrews Private Hospital
  • Ipswich Hospital
  • The Park Centre for Mental Health
  • Gailes Community Care Unit
  • Mater Private Hospital Springfield
• 2 vets

  • Greencross Vets
  • Greater Springfield Veterinary
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Bindarra
  • Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centres - Booval
• 2 libraries

  • Ipswich Central Library
  • Building H
• 1 post office

  • Booval Post Office
• 11 service stations

  • Caltex
  • Metco Silkstone
  • Woolworths Petrol
  • 7-Eleven
  • Ampol
  • Shell
  • Shell
  • BP Eastern Heights
  • 7-Eleven
  • Freedom Fuels

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• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Ipswich Racecourse
  • Bundamba Swimming Centre
  • Lifestyle Raceview
  • World Gym
• 5 golf clubs

  • Ipswich Golf Driving Range
  • Sandy Gallop Golf Course
  • Ipswich Country Club
  • Brookwater Golf & Country Club
  • Karana Downs Golf Course
• 1 dog park

  • Cribb Park Leash-Free Area
• 3 bakeries

  • Sweets By Georgia
  • Booval Bakery
  • Ray's Patisserie
• 1 butcher

  • Mega Meats
• 7 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Total Tools
  • Clark Rubber
  • Sydney Tools
  • Ipswich City Bearings & Transmission
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Central Mowers Ipswich
• 1 hairdresser

  • Hair Nails And Beauty
• 8 mechanics

  • Llewellyn Motors Service Centre
  • Ipswich Kia Service Centre
  • Bailey's Brake & Clutch
  • Tuned By Luke
  • AC Delco Service Centre
  • Goodyear
  • Riverside Paint and Panel
  • Quality Tyres and Wheels
• 1 electrician

  • Strybos and Sons
• 3 carpenters

  • Totalspan Sheds
  • Titan Garages and Carports
  • Cedar Sales
• 10 places to stay

  • Racehorse Hotel
  • Central Motel Ipswich
  • Ipswich City Motel
  • Best Western Ipswich
  • Quest Ipswich
  • Ipswich Heritage Lodge
  • Oaks Ipswich Aspire
  • Motel Monaco
  • Ipswich Caravan Village
  • City View Hotel

Getting around. Train station: Bundamba, 2.1 km north · Railway halt: Bundamba Racecourse, 1.5 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Riverview, 5.9 km north-east · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 41.4 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 77.5% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 61.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

27,707 bird observations recorded near Blackstone — most often seen:

• Torresian Crow (1,683)
• Noisy Miner (1,455)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,367)
• Australian Magpie (1,334)
• Dusky Moorhen (1,141)
• Welcome Swallow (1,084)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,062)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (1,029)
• Australian Wood Duck (969)
• Magpie-lark (955)
• Striated Pardalote (952)
• Pied Butcherbird (941)
• Superb Fairy-wren (923)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Blackstone:

• Silkstone (1.9 km)
• Booval (2.1 km)
• Bundamba (2.3 km)
• New Chum (2.5 km)
• Ebbw Vale (2.9 km)
• Swanbank (3 km)
• North Booval (3 km)
• Eastern Heights (3.2 km)

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