St Peters Lutheran School is also located on Cumming Street, opposite to the Blackwood Football Club oval, bordering the suburb of Craigburn Farm.

There is diverse fauna in the park that wanders into Craigburn Farm including kangaroos, koalas and echidnas.

Since the late nineteenth century, Main Road, Blackwood and surrounding areas have formed a vibrant and diverse food and retail centre.

[7][8] The publication, first issued in December 1994, described itself as "a tabloid size, monthly newspaper, delivered free of charge to over 13,000 households and businesses in Belair, Bellevue Heights, Blackwood, Eden Hills, Coromandel Valley, Glenalta, Hawthorndene, Blackwood Park, Upper Sturt, Aberfoyle Park and Flagstaff Hill.

The hip hop group the Hilltop Hoods[citation needed] and country singer Beccy Cole (whose song "Blackwood Hill" references the suburb)[10] are from the area.

Blackwood has a relatively high vote for the Greens when compared to the rest of its electorate and state,[11][improper synthesis?]