[2] In the 2021 census, Black River had a population of 1,493 people.

The Hervey Range Developmental Road runs along the southern boundary.

[3] The suburb is named after the Black River which was in turn named after John Melton Black (1830-1919) who was a pastoralist, merchant and a settler of Townsville.

[2] In the 2016 census, Black River had a population of 1,476 people.

[4] In the 2021 census, Black River had a population of 1,493 people.