Chelmer

Chelmer is a suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 2,998 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
Chelmer's name is thought to possibly be derived from Chelmer River in Essex, England.

Establishment as a suburb
Chelmer was established as a suburb on August 11, 1975 by the Queensland Place Names Board. The suburb's boundaries have since been altered twice in 2002 and 2013.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Chelmer recorded a population of 2,998 people, 49.8% female and 50.2% male. The median age of the Chelmer population was 39 years, 1 year above the national median. 75.0% of people living in Chelmer were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (5.0%), New Zealand (2.7%), the United States of America (1.2%), South Africa (1.2%) and Scotland (1.0%).

Chelmer is a predominantly family suburb with 80.8% of households being family households. Of these family households, 70.7% have children. The other households are single-person households (16.3%) and group households (2.9%).