Zillmere

Zillmere is a residential suburb of the City of Brisbane. As of the 2016 census, it is home to 8,967 people.

Name
Zillmere was named after Zillmere railway station which in turn was named on March 1, 1888 after Zillmans Waterholes ('mere' coming from an alternative word for lake).

Establishment as a suburb
Zillmere was officially established as a suburb on August 11, 1975. The suburb's boundaries have since been amended on November 29, 2002.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Zillmere recorded a population of 8,967 people, 50.6% female and 49.4% male. The median age of the Zillmere population was 33 years, 5 years below the national median. 63.9% of people living in Zillmere were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were India (6.9%), New Zealand (4.8%), England (2.4%), the Philippines (2.3%) and Papua New Guinea (0.7%).

Zillmere is a predominantly family suburb with 62.5% of households being family households. Of these family households, 59.4% have children. The other households are single-person households (30.4%) and group households (7.2%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Zillmere had an unemployment rate of 9.0%, 2.1% higher than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (4.0%), cafes and restaurants (3.1%), aged care residential services (2.9%), State Government administration (2.7%) and building and other industrial cleaning services (2.6%).

The weekly median household income was $1,221 (annually $63,492) and the weekly median personal income was $651 (annually $33,852).

Catchments
Zillmere is separated into three different catchments for public primary schools. The northern part of the suburb is in the catchment of Taigum State School, the western part of the suburb is in the catchment of Aspley East State School and the rest of the suburb is in the catchment of Zillmere State School. As for public secondary schools, Zillmere is in the catchment of Aspley State High School.

Schools
Public schools
 * Zillmere State School

Private schools
 * Jabiru Community College
 * St Flannan's School