Ormiston Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Ormiston (4160) is a suburb of Brisbane, Eastern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 23 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Ormiston is in the federal electorate of Bowman.

In the 2011 census the population of Ormiston was 5,641 and is comprised of approximately 52.4% females and 47.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Ormiston is 44 years of age.

67.3% of people living in the suburb of Ormiston were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.9% England, 5.5% New Zealand, 3.3% South Africa, 1.6% Scotland, 0.8% Germany, 0.6% United States of America, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.4% India, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Malaysia.

90.7% of people living in Ormiston speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Other, 0.7% German, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.5% Italian, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% Other.

The religious makeup of Ormiston is 22.9% Anglican, 22.8% Catholic, 20.7% No religion, 9.0% Uniting Church, 5.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.6% Christian, nfd, 2.6% Baptist, 1.4% Buddhism, 1.3% Lutheran.

55.4% of people are married, 27.4% have never married and 8.0% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 309 widowed people living in Ormiston.

58.4% of the people living in Ormiston over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.7% are working on a part time basis. Ormiston has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Ormiston are 23.3% Professionals, 16.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.4% Managers, 12.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 9.1% Sales workers, 7.7% Labourers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Ormiston work in are 13.3% Health care and social assistance, 10.2% Manufacturing, 9.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.0% Retail trade, 8.5% Construction, 8.1% Education and training, 6.3% Public administration and safety, 6.2% Accommodation and food services, 4.8% Transport, postal and warehousing.

42.0% of homes are fully owned, and 34.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $639 per week and the median household income is $1444 per week.

The median rent in Ormiston is $370 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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