Blackstone Heights TAS 7250

Living Here

Blackstone Heights is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 1,245 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,324 a week, with median rent near $370 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Prospect Vale - Blackstone statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blackstone Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 7 schools

  • Trevallyn Primary School
  • St Patrick's College
  • West Launceston Primary School
  • Summerdale Primary School
  • Prospect High School
  • Sacred Heart Catholic School (Launceston)
  • Launceston College
• 1 café or restaurant

  • The Black Stone
• 1 supermarket

  • Baxter's IGA
• 1 park

  • Blackstone Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Church of the Apostles
• 3 hospitals

  • Launceston General Hospital
  • St Vincents Hospital
  • Calvary - St Luke's Hospital
• 1 vet

  • The Riverside Vet
• 1 childcare centre

  • Araluen Montessori home based Preschool
• 1 library

  • Launceston Library
• 1 gym

  • Horse Riding Area
• 4 golf clubs

  • Country Club Tasmania / Prospect Vale Golf Club
  • Riverside Golf Course (Tasmania)
  • Launceston Golf Course
  • Mowbray Golf Course
• 1 dog park

  • Off leash area
• 2 hardware stores

  • Tool Kit Depot
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 electrician

  • Tones Electrical
• 27 places to stay

  • Country Club Villas
  • Launceston Country Club Casino
  • Leisure Inn Penny Royal Hotel & Apartments
  • Auldington
  • Olde Tudor Motor Inn
  • ART Hotel on York
  • Tamar River Villas
  • Peppers Silo Hotel
  • BIG4 Launceston Holiday Park
  • Discovery Holiday Parks – Hadspen

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Getting around. Tram stop: Basin Grounds, 3.7 km north-east · Bus interchange: Launceston Regional Transit Centre, 5.5 km north-east · Ferry wharf: Tamar River Cruises, 4.9 km north-east · Airport: Launceston Airport, 14.4 km south-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: 42.7% 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 3.6% · Labour-force participation 74.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

14,991 bird observations recorded near Blackstone Heights — most often seen:

• Eurasian Blackbird (1,118)
• House Sparrow (912)
• Tasmanian Native-hen (855)
• Superb Fairy-wren (797)
• Forest Raven (703)
• Grey Fantail (681)
• Indian Peafowl (580)
• Brown Thornbill (553)
• Welcome Swallow (542)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (541)
• Silver Gull (529)
• Silvereye (510)
• Pacific Black Duck (493)

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 Blackstone Heights:

• Summerhill (3.8 km)
• Trevallyn (4 km)
• Travellers Rest (4.1 km)
• Prospect Vale (4.2 km)
• West Launceston (4.2 km)
• Prospect (4.7 km)
• Riverside (5 km)
• Hadspen (5.4 km)

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