Blacktown Demographics 2006

Household types (households)	Blacktown City
	2006			2001
Enumerated data	number	%	WSROC %	number	%	WSROC Region %	Change 2001 to 2006
Couples with child(ren) under 15 years	26,526	36.9	35.3	25,970	38.4	37.4	556
Couples with child(ren) 15 years and over	11,820	16.4	17.2	11,006	16.3	17.0	814
Total couples with child(ren)	38,346	53.3	52.5	36,976	54.7	54.4	1,370
One parent families with child(ren) under 15 years	8,358	11.6	9.9	7,714	11.4	9.4	644
One parent families with child(ren) 15 years and over	5,851	8.1	8.4	5,027	7.4	7.6	824
Total one parent families	14,209	19.7	18.3	12,741	18.8	17.0	1,468
Couples without child(ren)	18,313	25.4	27.5	16,799	24.8	26.9	1,514
Other families	1,109	1.5	1.7	1,106	1.6	1.7	3
Total families	71,977	100.0	100.0	67,622	100.0	100.0	4,355
One family households	67,058	75.6	72.3	63,987	77.6	74.1	3,071
Two or more family households	2,430	2.7	2.7	1,801	2.2	2.3	629
Total family households	69,488	78.4	75.0	65,788	79.8	76.4	3,700
Lone person households	14,189	16.0	18.4	12,138	14.7	17.4	2,051
Group households	1,928	2.2	2.5	1,838	2.2	2.6	90
Other not classifiable households	3,074	3.5	4.1	2,696	3.3	3.7	378
Total households	88,679	100.0	100.0	82,460	100.0	100.0	6,219

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006, 2001, 1996, and 1991.
The Western Sydney Regional Organisation Of Councils (WSROC) comprises 10 LGA's in the western part of Sydney: Auburn City, Bankstown City, Blacktown City, Blue Mountains City, Fairfield City, Hawkesbury City, Holroyd City, Liverpool City, Parramatta City and Penrith City.

Blacktown 2006 - Who Lives Where???

Dwelling structure (private dwellings)	Blacktown City
	2006			2001
Enumerated data	number	%	WSROC Region %	number	%	WSROC Region %	Change 2001 to 2006
Separate house	74,611	79.9	71.1	71,444	83.1	73.5	3,167
Medium density	10,871	11.6	14.3	8,443	9.8	12.6	2,428
High density	2,792	3.0	8.0	1,758	2.0	7.1	1,034
Caravans, cabin, houseboat	620	0.7	0.3	311	0.4	0.2	309
Other	111	0.1	0.3	133	0.2	0.3	-22
Not stated	24	0	0.1	371	0.4	0.7	-347
TOTAL occupied private dwellings	89,030	95.3	94.0	82,460	95.9	94.4	6,570
TOTAL unoccupied Dwellings	4,383	4.7	6.0	3,549	4.1	5.6	834
TOTAL Dwellings	93,413	100.0	100.0	86,009	100.0	100.0	7,404

*The Western Sydney Regional Organisation Of Councils (WSROC) comprises 10 LGA's in the western part of Sydney: Auburn City, Bankstown City, Blacktown City, Blue Mountains City, Fairfield City, Hawkesbury City, Holroyd City, Liverpool City, Parramatta City and Penrith City.

What this tells us is that although in the Blacktown (C) Region, High Density living is by far the least common, it is on the rise, while Seperate House is on the decline...at least slightly.

What is also worth noting is the Yields that these types of dwellings are currently fetching.

For the latest reports on Rental Yields in Blacktown, look out for my posts titled 'Blacktown Statistics 2011'

Blacktown Statistics 2011

As of 10/11/2011 - Listings for Blacktown

Average days on market	92
Current listings	698
Listings cleared last 30 days	260
Clearance rate	37.25%
Suburb Statistics	HOUSE
1yr sales growth locality %	0.20%
Med. rent (4 bdrms) / week	$450
Med. rental yield (4 bdrms)	5.10%
Med. listing price (4 bdrms)	$459,990
Suburb Statistics	HOUSE
1yr sales growth locality %	5.27%
Med. rent (3 bdrms) / week	$380
Med. rental yield (3 bdrms)	5.30%
Med. listing price (3 bdrms)	$375,000
Suburb Statistics	HOUSE
1yr sales growth locality %	6.54%
Med. rent (2 bdrms) / week	$350
Med. rental yield (2 bdrms)	5.60%
Med. listing price (2 bdrms)	$324,950
Suburb Statistics	UNIT
1yr sales growth locality %	-2.86%
Med. rent (3 bdrms) / week	$380
Med. rental yield (3 bdrms)	5.70%
Med. listing price (3 bdrms)	$349,000
Suburb Statistics	UNIT
1yr sales growth locality %	1.05%
Med. rent (2 bdrms) / week	$360
Med. rental yield (2 bdrms)	6.50%
Med. listing price (2 bdrms)	$289,000

Blacktown Statistics 2011

BLACKTOWN	HOUSES

1yr sales growth locality %	6.54%
Med. rent (2 bdrms) / week	$350
Med. rental yield (2 bdrms)	5.60%
Med. listing price (2 bdrms)	$326,400

BLACKTOWN	UNITS
1yr sales growth locality %	1.05%
Med. rent (2 bdrms) / week	$360
Med. rental yield (2 bdrms)	6.50%
Med. listing price (2 bdrms)	$289,000
BLACKTOWN	ALL
Average days on market	89
Current listings	636
Listings cleared last 30 days	230
Clearance rate	36.16%

* Source of above: realestateinvestar.com.au on 07/11/2011

The 'advertised properties' line graph indicates supply by showing the number of listings on realestate.com.au at any time during the relevant week.

The 'people looking' line graph indicates demand by showing the number of user sessions that included one or more looking at property details pages for properties listed in this suburb on realestate.com.au at any time during the relevant week.

What this says is: In Jan2011 there were approximately 380 Properties for Sale and approximately 5,000 'people looking' for properties (of all types) in Blacktown at that time. (380/5000 = 7.6% )