Ormeau

25.5% of Ormeau's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

4,372 family households lived in Ormeau; 52.2% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

49.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Ormeau had 15,938 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.0% of occupied private dwellings in Ormeau.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

20.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

48.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Ormeau had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 12.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 39.7% had four or more usual residents.

12.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

66.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 24.7% of the total.

73.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.6% reported a different address.

22.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

6.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

22.9% of Ormeau's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Ormeau.

Australian ancestry made up 38.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

15.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

41.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.4%.

Median household income was $2,067 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $445 per week.

Working from home was 12.6% in Ormeau, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 20.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 30.4% in Ormeau, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.