Slade Point

20.3% of Slade Point's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

953 family households lived in Slade Point; 33.4% were couple families and 23.6% were one-parent families.

36.3% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Slade Point had 3,450 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Slade Point.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.9% of occupied private dwellings.

31.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

36.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Slade Point had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.1%, while 21.2% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

59.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.1% reported a different address.

10.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

85.9% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.7% of Slade Point's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.1% of ancestry responses in Slade Point.

Australian ancestry made up 36.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

13.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

35.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.4%.

Median household income was $1,533 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Slade Point, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 31.6% in Slade Point, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.