Ormeau QLD 4208
Located in Queensland, Ormeau sits 46 km from Brisbane CBD, around 38 minutes by car. The suburb has 15,938 residents, a median age of 33, and a median household income of $107,484 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 10.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $445 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,950. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 5 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Ormeau a good suburb?
Ormeau scores a B (57/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade.
Mixed results
5 schools · 1 above peer schools
Some car dependence
Walkability 46/100 · 45.5 km · 38 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $1.02M
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 68/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 6/10 · median age 33 · 15,938 residents
Liveability Rating
57 / 100 · Ranked #396 in QLDEach bar is Ormeau's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
57 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataOrmeau's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.02 million, roughly 19% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,025,000
7% above its 5 neighbours (median $960,000)
Based on 389 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 27 days — median across 195 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 35 sales $840K
- 4 bed 298 sales $1.02M
- 5 bed 45 sales $1.28M
- 6 bed 8 sales $1.31M
Land
$1,220,000
Based on 13 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 25 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Ormeau are currently listed at around $1.1 million on average. Based on 109 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.1M
109 houses listed in the last 6 months.
109 of the suburb's 4,948 dwellings (2.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Ormeau rent for around $840 a week on average, based on 95 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$840/wk
95 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$600/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
98 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,504 rented homes (6.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $790/wk
- 103 bonds
- +62% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202579 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 38% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4208.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$840/week ($44,000 a year) on a $1.1 million median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Ormeau safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Ormeau sits in the moderate band, with 166 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 14% on the prior year.
166 offences
13.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202491 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Five schools serve Ormeau, and performance is broadly at peer-suburb levels with one standout. Mother Teresa Primary School leads the pack.
- • 3,580 students across 5 schools (avg 716)
- • Sectors: 2 Independent, 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 955-1043, median 1005 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Ormeau Woods State High School (1,404 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Ormeau is car-dependent on foot — at 46/100, most errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 6 parks and 5 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Ormeau.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 60.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 44.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 42.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 13.6 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Ormeau.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 65%
- Premises covered
- 6,139
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Gold Coast: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 35 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Ormeau is home to about 15,900 residents, with a median age of 33, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $107,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
15,938
Median Age
33
Median Household Income
$107,484/yr
Census Median Rent
$445/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,950/mo
Avg Household Size
3.1
Median Personal Income
$44,876/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.3%
Total Dwellings
4,948
Owner-Occupier Rate
69.6%
Houses
91.0%
Rental Stress
21.5%
Mortgage Stress
21.8%
Work From Home
14.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
27 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 11 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,472 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 73.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.2%
- Employment Rate
- 67%
- Completed Year 12
- 39.4%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
409 residents (2.6%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
12.1% of residents (1,797) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Brisbane (1,274).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 14,809 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
5% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (427 of 7,951).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 7,865 people work here; 7,951 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident).
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,298 a year through Gold Coast based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Gold Coast
In the year to August 2026, 7,196 new dwellings were approved across Gold Coast. That mix is 1,146 houses and 6,050 units. Approvals are down 34.9% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 281 to 610 homes
- Within 2 years 21 to 50 homes
- In 2 to 5 years 105 to 250 homes
- In 5 to 10 years 153 to 300 homes
- In 10 years or more 2 to 10 homes
Land the Queensland Government's residential land supply study identifies for future housing (11 parcels), by when it expects lots to be registered. Yields are published in ranges, so these are too.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Gold Coast Native Title Group.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. No native title claim is currently registered here, so the last registered claimant remains the Aboriginal party.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 14.5 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.42 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0.
From the Coomera (South East Queensland) monitoring station, 12.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Mt Tamborine Fern St, 22.3 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 11 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 8.4 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 2.3% of addresses
- 163 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 1,682 mm
- 109 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
6 facilities within 5 km- 2.7 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 2.9 kmBeer ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 3.0 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 4.2 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Chlorine & compounds
- 4.3 kmWaste Remediation and Materials Recovery ServicesTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
EV adoption
In postcode 4208, 279 of 21,911 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (524 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4208, 7,001 rooftop-solar systems totalling 50.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,935 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 389 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
10 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 14 across postcode 4208.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $1,025,000 this is $275,000 above the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Cameron Caldwell Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cameron Caldwell | 43.1% | 56.9% | +3.8 |
| 2022 | Stuart Robert | 39.4% | 60.6% | -3.5 |
| 2019 | Stuart Robert | 35.8% | 64.2% | +2.9 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Michael Crandon Liberal National Party of Queensland
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michael Crandon LNP | 60.0% |
| 2020 | Michael Crandon LNP | 51.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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- #6 in Best Gold Coast suburbs for first-home buyers (houses)
- #8 in Best Gold Coast suburbs for good private high schools
- #9 in Brisbane suburbs with the most rooftop solar
- #9 in Gold Coast suburbs with the highest EV adoption today
- #10 in Gold Coast suburbs with the most parkland nearby
- #11 in Gold Coast suburbs that added the most residents, 2016-2021
- #12 in Gold Coast suburbs where the most residents moved from a capital city
- #13 in Brisbane suburbs with the fastest EV adoption growth
- #13 in Gold Coast suburbs with the best NBN connectivity
- #15 in Gold Coast's highest-income suburbs
Checking the whole city?
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Common questions about Ormeau
Is Ormeau a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Ormeau is moderate (68/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Ormeau?
Ormeau has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Ormeau a good place to live?
Ormeau has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (57/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Ormeau?
Ormeau, QLD had a population of 15,938 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Ormeau, QLD?
The postcode for Ormeau, QLD is 4208.
How far is Ormeau from Brisbane?
Ormeau is 46 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 38 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Ormeau?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Ormeau was $107,484 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Ormeau?
The median advertised rent in Ormeau is $840 a week for houses (95 listings) and $600 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Ormeau?
The median age of residents in Ormeau was 33 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Ormeau?
There are 5 schools inside the Ormeau boundary: 1 above and 4 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Ormeau walkable?
Ormeau scores 46/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Ormeau?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Ormeau (Coomera (South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.5 µg/m³. That puts Ormeau below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Ormeau?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Ormeau, Mt Tamborine Fern St (22.3 km away), 1,682 mm of rain a year over 109 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Ormeau?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Ormeau belong to?
Ormeau sits within the Gold Coast local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Ormeau?
The average residential rates bill through Gold Coast is $1,298 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Ormeau?
Across Gold Coast, 7,196 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 34.9% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Ormeau in?
Ormeau sits within the federal Division of Fadden, currently held by Cameron Caldwell (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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