Slacks Creek, Queensland
| Slacks Creek Logan City, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 St Mark's Anglican Church, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
  Slacks Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°38′40″S 153°08′05″E / 27.6444°S 153.1347°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 10,432 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,213/km2 (3,142/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4127 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Logan City | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Waterford | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Rankin | ||||||||||||||
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Slacks Creek is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Slacks Creek had a population of 10,432 people.[1]
Geography
The Pacific Motorway forms most of the eastern boundary of hte suburb.
The creek that gave its name to the district is part of the Logan River catchment and was named after the Slack family who had a cattle run there before the days of closer settlement. The Aboriginal name for it was Mungaree, place of fishes, which is the name they gave to their property. In September 2006 Queensland's only IKEA store moved from its original home in the nearby suburb Rochedale South to its new location in Slacks Creek. IKEA moves to Slacks Creek.
History
Like a number of other Logan City suburbs Slacks Creek was once part of the Shire of Tingalpa.[3]
In the 2016 census, Slacks Creek had a population of 10,432 people.[1]
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Slacks Creek recorded a population of 10,435 people, 50.7% female and 49.3% male. The median age of the Slacks Creek population was 32 years, 5 years below the national median of 37. 62.9% of people living in Slacks Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 9.9%, England 3.3%, Samoa 1.5%, Philippines 0.9%, Fiji 0.8%. 75.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 3% Samoan, 1% Hindi, 0.6% Khmer, 0.6% Arabic, 0.6% Romanian.[4]
Bildung
Mabel Park State School is located on Borman Street, adjacent to the Mabel Park Junior Campus. The school was opened on 29 January 1974.[5]
Notable residents
- Singer and songwriter Darren Hayes who rose to fame in the late 90s as the lead vocalist for Savage Garden.
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Slacks Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Slacks Creek – suburb in City of Logan (entry 45288)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Mary Howells. "Mount Cotton - a brief history" (PDF). Redland City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Slacks Creek, Queensland (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
External links
- "Slacks Creek". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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