Population 10,435 (2011 census) LGA(s) Logan City Slacks Creek Shailer Park Federal division Division of Rankin | Postcode(s) 4127 State electorate(s) Waterford, Woodridge Postal code 4127 | |
Location 21 km (13 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||
Slacks Creek is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. Much of the suburbs eastern edge is aligned with the Pacific Motorway. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 10,435.
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Map of Slacks Creek QLD 4127, Australia
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 Logan is now the largest IKEA store in the southern hemisphere and the third largest in the world.
History
Like a number of other Logan City suburbs Slacks Creek was once part of the Shire of Tingalpa.
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.
Education
Mabel Park State School is located on Borman Street, adjacent to the Mabel Park Junior Campus.