Ormiston

Ormiston is a suburb in Redland City. It's home to 5,793 people as of the 2016 census.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Ormiston recorded a population of 5,793 people, 52% female and 48% male. The median age of the Ormiston population was 45 years, 7 years above the national median. 68.1% of people living in Ormiston were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (10.1%), New Zealand (4.4%), South Africa (3.3%), Scotland (1.1%) and Germany (0.8%).

Ormiston is a predominantly family suburb with 75.8% of households being family households. Of these family households, 57.2% have children. The other households are single-person households (22.3%) and group households (1.9%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Ormiston had an unemployment rate of 5.2%, 2.7% lower than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (4.5%), cafes and restaurants (2.8%), supermarket and grocery stores (2.7%), primary education (2.7%) and computer system design and related services (2.1%).

The weekly median household income was $1,597 (annually $83,044) and the weekly median personal income was $719 (annually $37,388).