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Slacks Creek flood map & planning overlays

A planning-constraint profile of Slacks Creek (Logan City, QLD) - 8.57 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.

Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Slacks Creek's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.

Nearby suburbs, nearest first

How common is mapped flood risk across Slacks Creek properties?

Overlay percentages say how much land is constrained; these figures say how many properties are actually touched in a suburb-wide analysis of 5,366 Slacks Creek properties. No individual property result is identified on this page.

Slacks Creek flood history and overland flow

These are suburb-wide totals across 5,366 analysed properties. They show how common each mapped category is across Slacks Creek; they do not identify or describe any individual property.

Recorded historical flood mapping

11.5%

615 analysed properties intersect at least one mapped historical event extent.

  • Historic Flood 1974: 479
  • Historic Flood 2022: 423
  • Historic Flood 2017: 414

Mapped overland flow

47.4%

2,545 analysed properties carry a mapped overland-flow category.

  • Low: 2,545

Source: Logan City Council flood mapping, aggregated by LayeredGeo. Categories are only shown where at least five analysed properties share them. An address-level check is still required to determine whether a particular lot is mapped.

Slacks Creek at a glance

Parcels 4,826 Median lot 645 m² Mapped easements 530 Bus stops 57 Schools in suburb 3 Landslide overlay 8%

Schools in and near Slacks Creek

Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.

Inside the suburb boundary

3

1 school providing primary years and 2 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: inside the suburb

Secondary: inside the suburb

Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.

How Slacks Creek is zoned

Low Density Residential 37%
Environmental Management and Conservation 19%
Recreation and Open Space 16%
Mixed Use 12%
Centre 4%
Low-Medium Density Residential 4%

Selling in Slacks Creek? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.

Across its 8.57 km², Slacks Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 69% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 29% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential. The terrain is gently undulating, and the median lot measures about 645 m² across 4,826 parcels.

Who lives in Slacks Creek

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Slacks Creek suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
10,408
usual residents, 2021
Median age
35
years
Median household income
$1,301
per week, Logan City suburb typical $1,924
Median rent
$310
per week, Logan City suburb typical $395
Median mortgage
$1,430
per month
Household size
2.7
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 860, and decile 1 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Slacks Creek's 10,408 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.6%
5-14 14.7%
15-19 6.7%
20-24 7.0%
25-34 14.1%
35-44 13.6%
45-54 11.8%
55-64 10.3%
65-74 9.2%
75-84 4.3%
85+ 1.6%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Slacks Creek, the wider ABS statistical area containing Slacks Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Slacks Creek itself.

9,970 in 2001 to 10,811 in 2025, up 8%.

Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.

Slacks Creek property market snapshot

Queensland Government publishes this as a SA2 market series for Slacks Creek, the wider statistical area containing Slacks Creek. It is not a valuation and is not specific to this suburb or any individual property.

House sales

$840,000

Median sale price from 138 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Unit sales

$587,500

Median sale price from 72 sales over 12 months to March 2026.

Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO). View the source profile. The same SA2 figure can appear on several suburb pages within that statistical area.

Slacks Creek data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government
Market statisticsAvailable at SA2 levelQueensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO)

Profile last materially updated 19 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.

Check a specific Slacks Creek address

See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.

Published flood models are held over parts of Slacks Creek. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.

The Terrain Report shows the fall of the block - contours, cross sections and a 3D model of the lot (+$9 with the planning report).

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Slacks Creek lot.

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Slacks Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Slacks Creek flood-prone?

About 69% of Slacks Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%. Across the suburb, 49% of the 5,366 properties we analysed carry some level of mapped flood risk, including 658 rated high risk or historically affected.

Is Slacks Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 29% of Slacks Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Logan City average of 54%.

What is the zoning in Slacks Creek?

The dominant planning zone in Slacks Creek is Low Density Residential, though the suburb also includes Environmental Management and Conservation and Recreation and Open Space.

Does Slacks Creek have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Slacks Creek.

Is Slacks Creek hilly or flat?

Slacks Creek is gently undulating: the median ground slope is about 4%, and 1% of measured points sit on grades of 15% or steeper. Ground level runs from roughly 7 m to 36 m AHD across the suburb.

What is the typical lot size in Slacks Creek?

Across 4,826 surveyed parcels in Slacks Creek, the median lot size is about 645 m². There are also 530 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Slacks Creek have a train station?

There is no train station inside Slacks Creek itself. The suburb is served by 57 bus stops.

What is the population of Slacks Creek?

At the 2021 Census Slacks Creek had 10,408 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Slacks Creek statistical area, which contains Slacks Creek, went from 9,970 people in 2001 to 10,811 in 2025, up 8%.

Is Slacks Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Slacks Creek scores 860 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Slacks Creek?

Median household income in Slacks Creek was $1,301 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,924 for the typical suburb in Logan City. Median rent was $310 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,430 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Logan Central 2.0 km 27% 13%
Springwood 2.1 km 25% 35%
Woodridge 2.6 km 24% 13%
Kingston 3.2 km 60% 27%
Meadowbrook 3.4 km 97% 29%
Daisy Hill 3.4 km 29% 59%
Underwood 3.9 km 33% 9%
Loganlea 4.2 km 80% 13%
Rochedale South 4.4 km 23% 18%
Karawatha
Brisbane City		 4.5 km 37% 93%

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