Slacks Creek Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Slacks Creek (4127) is a suburb of Brisbane, Eastern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 20 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Slacks Creek is in the federal electorate of Rankin.

In the 2011 census the population of Slacks Creek was 10,435 and is comprised of approximately 50.7% females and 49.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Slacks Creek is 32 years of age.

62.9% of people living in the suburb of Slacks Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.9% New Zealand, 3.3% England, 1.5% Samoa, 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% Fiji, 0.8% Papua New Guinea, 0.6% India, 0.5% Cook Islands, 0.5% China , 0.5% Romania, 0.4% Laos, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.4% South Africa.

75.9% of people living in Slacks Creek speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 5.9% Other, 3.0% Samoan, 0.9% Hindi, 0.6% Khmer, 0.6% Arabic, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.4% Persian.

The religious makeup of Slacks Creek is 22.2% No religion, 18.4% Catholic, 15.3% Anglican, 11.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.9% Uniting Church, 4.4% Christian, nfd, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.2% Islam, 2.3% Pentecostal, 2.1% Baptist.

38.3% of people are married, 40.8% have never married and 11.3% are divorced and 4.2% are separated. There are 437 widowed people living in Slacks Creek.

58.9% of the people living in Slacks Creek over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.8% are working on a part time basis. Slacks Creek has an unemployment rate of 9.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Slacks Creek are 15.9% Labourers, 15.8% Technicians & trades workers, 15.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.6% Professionals, 10.9% Community & personal service workers, 9.2% Sales workers, 6.8% Managers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Slacks Creek work in are 14.9% Manufacturing, 12.6% Health care and social assistance, 11.1% Retail trade, 9.0% Construction, 7.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.8% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Education and training, 5.1% Public administration and safety, 5.0% Wholesale trade.

21.4% of homes are fully owned, and 33.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 42.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $513 per week and the median household income is $1055 per week.

The median rent in Slacks Creek is $270 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

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