The three-bedroom suburb
Three bedrooms is the figure that stands out among homes in Slacks Creek: 59% of homes have three, above the 37% across Queensland. At either side of it, 24% have four or more bedrooms, below the state's 39%, and 14% have two bedrooms or fewer, below the 22% across QLD. On these figures, the middle-sized home is more common here than across the state.
Flats or apartments make up 2% of occupied homes, below the 12% across Queensland, while townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses come to 19%, above the state's 12%. Separate houses account for 78%, above the 75% across QLD. Attached houses, on these figures, are more common here than across Queensland, and flats less so. On Census night, 6% of private dwellings in Slacks Creek were unoccupied, below the 9% across Queensland, a smaller share standing empty than across the state.
Renting above the state, costs below it
Renting stands out among the household figures. In Slacks Creek, 43% of households rent, above the 33% across Queensland. Of those renting households, 58% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the state's 66%. Median rent is $310 a week, below the $365 across QLD.
Median household income is $1,301 a week, below the $1,675 across Queensland. Worked out on this page from those two medians, the median weekly rent equals 24% of the median weekly income of all households here, renters or not, above the 22% across QLD. It is a comparison of two medians, not a figure for any one household.
On the ownership side, 21% of households own their home outright, below the 29% across Queensland, and 32% are paying off a mortgage, below the state's 34%. The median mortgage repayment is $1,430 a month, below the $1,733 across QLD. The figures suggest owning outright was a smaller part of household life here at the 2021 Census than across Queensland.
Same address as in 2016
Of people aged five and over in Slacks Creek, 52% lived at the same address five years earlier, according to one 2021 question about where they lived in 2016. Across Queensland the share was 48%, so Slacks Creek sits above the state.
An average household holds 2.7 people, above the 2.5 across Queensland, suggesting homes shared by more people than across the state. The median age is 35 years, below the state's 38, which suggests younger residents than across the state. The suburb of Slacks Creek was home to 10,408 people at the 2021 Census.