Silkstone

Silkstone is a suburb in the City of Ipswich. It's home to 3,480 people as of the 2016 census.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Silkstone recorded a population of 3,480 people, 51.4% female and 48.6% male. The median age of the Silkstone population was 38 years, same as the national median. 82.1% of people living in Silkstone were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (2.9%), New Zealand (2.7%), the Philippines (1.0%), the Netherlands (0.5%) and India (0.5%).

Silkstone is a predominantly family suburb with 65.9% of households being family households. Of these family households, 58.8% have children. The other households are single-person households (29.6%) and group households (4.5%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Silkstone had an unemployment rate of 8.0%, 1.1% higher than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (4.1%), primary education (3.4%), supermarket and grocery stores (3.0%), aged care residential services (3.0%) and other social assistance services (2.7%).

The weekly median household income was $1,135 (annually $59,020) and the weekly median personal income was $568 (annually $29,536).