Blackswamp QLD 4413
35 addresses · 8 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Western Downs LGA › Blackswamp · 266 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Blackswamp is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 54 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Chinchilla statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blackswamp itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 45.3% 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 | 45.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 58.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Blackswamp
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Blackswamp
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Blackswamp
| Australian | 29 |
|---|---|
| English | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| German | 3 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Blackswamp
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Blackswamp
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Blackswamp
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
195 bird observations recorded near Blackswamp — most often seen:
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Rufous Whistler (8)
- Apostlebird (7)
- Australian Magpie (7)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (7)
- Crested Pigeon (7)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (7)
- Galah (7)
- Grey Butcherbird (7)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (7)
- Laughing Kookaburra (7)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Noisy Miner (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Blackswamp
- Pale-headed Rosella (7)
- Red-rumped Tit (7)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (7)
- Weebill (7)
- Willie Wagtail (7)
- Double-barred Finch (6)
- Grey Fantail (6)
- Pied Currawong (6)
- Speckled Warbler (6)
- White-eared Honeyeater (6)
- White-winged Chough (6)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Brown Honeyeater (5)
- Jacky Winter (5)
- Mistletoebird (5)
- Striated Pardalote (5)
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 Blackswamp:
- Cameby (9.5 km)
- Baking Board (15 km)
- Red Hill (16.2 km)
- Rywung (16.7 km)
- Red Hill (17.6 km)
- Barakula (18 km)
- Goombi (20.4 km)
- Burncluith (20.7 km)
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Streets
- Auburn Road (4)
- Barakula Road (5)
- Blackswamp Road (11)
- Cameby Road (2)
- Goodens Road (2)
- Krugers Road (7)
- Mcknights Road (3)
- Stevensons Road (1)