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Ormiston, 4160

Est. population · Jun 2025

7,174

Growth (1 yr)

+1.9%

Growth (5 yr)

+10.8%

Median age

47

Median income

$1,913/wk

Employment rate

58%

University qualified

27.3%

Work from home

20.6%

Languages at home

9.4%non-English

Most common: Mandarin, Afrikaans, Cantonese

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

59.6/100
Good

Top 7% of Queensland's suburbs

Verified 88% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Excellent transport
  • Coastal
  • Green suburb
  • High desirability
  • Outer suburban
What Ormiston is known for: Excellent transport, Coastal, Green suburb, High desirability, Outer suburban

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Suburb profile

Ormiston is a coastal outer metropolitan suburb of Brisbane, in Redland Council. Notable landmarks include St Andrews Church.

Local school ICSEA scores are among the highest in the peer group, placing it among the highest-ranked outer metropolitan suburbs. Reported crime is exceptionally low against comparable places, and university qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, with university qualifications 62% above the peer median, and working from home is a very strong feature of the suburb, with working from home 58% above the peer median, and socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median. Rents run above those in comparable places, with median rents 20% above the peer median.

Overall, Ormiston suits people prioritising lower crime and school quality over lower rents.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Outer metropolitan suburb · compared with outer metropolitan suburbs in Queensland (215)

Strengths

  • Reported crime is exceptionally low against comparable places
  • Local school ICSEA scores are among the highest in the peer group
  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group
  • Working from home is a relative strength
  • Socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median

Weaknesses

  • Rents run above those in comparable places

What stands out

  • Overseas-born and multilingual community
  • St Andrews Church

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Ormiston compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$800/wk

Population (ERP)

7,174

+1.9% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

5.1%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#8

among Coastal & beach · Mature

Crime rate

7th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

73rd

percentile in QLD

Rented dwellings

21%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

9/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

83rd

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
59.6/100 — Good
State standing
Top 7% of Queensland's suburbs
National rank
554th in Australia
State rank
105th in QLD
Peer rank
#8 among Coastal & beach · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#19 among Coastal & beach suburbs
Data confidence
88%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Housing

All types (Mar 2026)
$800

Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

Population

Estimated resident population

7,174(June 2025)

+1.9% annual · +10.8% over 5 years · 73th percentile in QLD

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.9%
5-year growth
+10.8%
Change in 1 year
+132
Change in 5 years
+700
Growth rank in QLD
73th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~7,650), extrapolated at +1.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
6,379
Median age
47
Median household income / week
$1,913
Dwelling vacancy
5.1%
Unoccupied private dwellings
130 of 2,525
Median monthly mortgage
$2,000
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$450
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
41.6% / 37.1% / 21.2%
Employment rate
58%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
20.6% / 2.9% / 62.1%
Walked or cycled to work
1.5%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
1,807 / 498 / 83

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

27.3% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 16% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified27.3% · 21.9% QLD
  • Diploma qualified12.5% · 9.4% QLD
  • Trade / vocational16% · 18.9% QLD
  • Year 12 or below44.1% · 49.8% QLD

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Management and commerce25.1%
  • Engineering and related technologies16.9%
  • Health12.3%
  • Society and culture12.1%
  • Education11%
  • Architecture and building6%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$63,476

80th percentile in QLD · +8% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$70,356

83rd percentile in QLD · +8% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
12.0%

62nd percentile in QLD · -13% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$118,119

96th percentile in QLD · +87% vs Australia

Residents with business income
8.0%

17th percentile in QLD · -23% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4160 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
12,857
Taxpayers reporting net rent
1,569
Median net rent
-$1,188
Taxpayers reporting business income
999
Taxable income vs state median
+15%
Salary / wages vs state median
+15%
Rental investment vs state median
+9%
Super vs state median
+70%
Business income vs state median
-20%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in QLD, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

9.4% speak a language other than English at home; 30.3% born overseas

Language at home
5,639 English only · 582 other
Non-English at home
9.4%
Born overseas
1,889 (30.3%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
97 (1.5%)
Australian citizens
5,718
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
22

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Mandarin39 · 17.5%
  • Afrikaans37 · 16.6%
  • Cantonese14 · 6.3%
  • German14 · 6.3%
  • Italian14 · 6.3%
  • Hindi11 · 4.9%
  • Russian11 · 4.9%
  • Greek9 · 4%

Religion

53.5%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 53.5%, while 39.6% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion39.6%40.7%
Christianity53.5%45.7%
Other / not stated7%13.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic18%18.6%
Anglican15.8%11.3%
Uniting Church4.8%3.6%
Christian (not further defined)3.6%3.1%
Presbyterian and Reformed3.4%2.1%
Baptist2.3%1.7%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 4160, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
134
Against the person
18
Against property
58
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
25
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 354 residents
State crime-rate percentile
6.7th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-8.6%

Most common offence types

  • Other Property Damage13
  • Traffic And Related Offences18
  • Drug Offences31
  • Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)25
  • Good Order Offences9

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
2
Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
1,103
Median ICSEA percentile
83th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
5
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
3
School list
  • Ormiston State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1058 · 71th percentile · LBOTE 16% · 570 students · Top SEA quarter 25% · 0.8 km awayView on My School →
  • Ormiston CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1148 · 95th percentile · LBOTE 33% · 1,524 students · Top SEA quarter 57% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
School catchments
  • Alexandra Hills SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Alexandra Hills SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Cleveland District SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Cleveland SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Ormiston SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Vienna Woods SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Wellington Point SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Wellington Point SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Childcare

2 childcare services from OpenStreetMap

  • Jumping Beans Child Carechildcare
  • Jungle CubsGordon Streetkindergarten

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Childcare centres per 1,000 residents

Data sources & freshness

  • Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated

Public transport

25 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Finucane Rd at Redland Research Station
  • Gordon St at Ormiston Primary School
  • Gordon St at Ormiston Primary School
  • Shore St at Grant Street
  • Shore St at RACQ

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

157 mapped amenities

2 restaurants · 2 cafes · 1 supermarkets · 1 fast food · 1 bakeries · 3 places of worship · 7 playgrounds · 1 dog parks

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Reasonably walkable — many shops and services reachable on foot or by bus
  • Great for outdoor family life — 11 parks mapped in suburb, 7 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 25 public transport stops
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 30 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
67/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.31
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.94
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.72
Food & drink(6)
  • The Ormiston BakeryBakery
  • Cafe
  • OSO CafeCafe
  • Sushi PointFast food
  • La Luna Italian Restaurant & PizzeriaRestaurant
  • Sunshine Chinese RestaurantRestaurant
Shopping(2)
  • VinniesOp shop
  • IGASupermarket
Community(4)
  • Jumping Beans Child CareChildcare
  • Community centre
  • Redlands Softball AssociationCommunity centre

    Sturgeon Street

  • Jungle CubsKindergarten

    35-39 Gordon Street, Ormiston

Health & services(1)
  • Greencross VetsVeterinary
Sport & outdoors(54)
  • Cleveland - Capalaba CyclewayCycling route
  • Moreton Bay CyclewayCycling route
  • Dog park
  • Drinking water (6)
  • Fitness station (3)
  • GoodlifeGym
  • Grace Hartley Bushland ReserveNature reserve
  • Dundas Street ParkPark
  • Gray ParkPark

    Ormiston

  • Park

    Wellington Street, Ormiston

  • Park (7)
  • Parnell Street ParkPark
  • Playground (7)
  • Public toilets
  • Sports centre (3)
  • Field EightSports field
  • Field FourSports field
  • Field NineSports field
  • Field OneSports field
  • Field SevenSports field
  • Field SixSports field
  • Field ThreeSports field
  • Field TwoSports field
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (9)
Places to stay(1)
  • Cleveland Motor InnMotel

    37 Freeth Street East, Ormiston

Entertainment(1)
  • Lingo Lin Performing Arts TheatreTheatre
Transport(16)

14 bus stops · 2 train stations

Other(30)
  • Bench (6)
  • Empire Point Wader RoostBird Hide
  • Oldfield MGCar
  • Common (7)
  • FranklynCurtain
  • ROCKIT ProductionsDance

    1 Trade Street

  • Elemental ConnectionEsoteric

    Unit 7 22 Bainbridge Street, Ormiston

  • Fountain
  • Ormiston State SchoolGarden
  • Redland city councilInformation
  • Colonial Landscape SuppliesLandscape Supplies

    9 Gordon Street, Ormiston

  • Aveo Cleveland GardensParking
  • Cleveland Motor InnParking
  • Ormiston park 'n' rideParking
  • Parking (23)
  • Santa Teresa Spirituality CentreParking
  • PetbarnPet
  • Picnic Table (3)
  • Anglican Church of St. AndrewPlace of worship
  • Church of the NazarenePlace of worship
  • Redlands Christian Reformed ChurchPlace of worship

    80 Sturgeon Street

  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Public Bookcase
  • Shelter (8)
  • Aveo Cleveland GardensSocial Facility

    83 Freeth Street, Ormiston

  • Ormiston RiseSocial Facility

    174 Wellington Street, Ormiston

  • TelstraTelephone
  • Track
  • Traffic Park
  • Waste Basket

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

4 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Dundas Street ParkPark
  • Grace Hartley Bushland ReserveNature reserve
  • Gray ParkPark
  • Parnell Street ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
7.6%
Woodland / forest cover
6.2%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
27
Parks (OSM)
11
Typical summer maximum
28°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Places of worship

3 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • Anglican Church of St. Andrew
  • Church of the Nazarene
  • Redlands Christian Reformed Church

    80 Sturgeon Street

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Nearest hospital
Redland Hospital (3.4 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
216
Participants per 1,000 residents
30.1

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
28° / 18°
Rainfall
493 mm · ~62 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
25° / 14°
Rainfall
343 mm · ~43 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
20° / 7°
Rainfall
144 mm · ~18 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
25° / 12°
Rainfall
249 mm · ~31 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Roadworks & transport

1 active roadworks / incidents

  • Undertaking safety improvement works at the Shore Street West and Gordon Street intersection.Gordon Street / Shore Street West05 Jul 2026 – 28 Oct 2026

Data sources & freshness

  • Road incidents & closures — State road authority open-data feeds · current · Updated

Heritage

3 heritage places

  • Ormiston FellmongeryState heritage place
  • Ormiston House EstateState heritage place
  • St Andrews ChurchState heritage place

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Heritage listings as established streetscape

Data sources & freshness

  • State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain overlay polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Bowman
Member of Parliament
Henry PIKE (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
122,940
Turnout (2025)
91.1%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+3.1 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 52.4%Labor 47.6%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 4.4 km away).

Coalition 51.1%Labor 48.9%

1.4 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +4.7 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • OrmistonLabor 49.1% · Coalition 50.9% TPP (2025)1.1 km away
  • Wellington Point WestLabor 46.7% · Coalition 53.3% TPP (2025)2.5 km away
  • Cleveland CentralLabor 46.1% · Coalition 53.9% TPP (2025)2.8 km away
  • Wellington PointLabor 48.0% · Coalition 52.0% TPP (2025)3.0 km away
  • ClevelandLabor 44.6% · Coalition 55.4% TPP (2025)3.3 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
9/10
IRSD decile (2021)
9/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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