Ashmore real estate

At the 2021 Census, townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses accounted for 21% of occupied homes in Ashmore, above the Queensland share of 12%. Separate houses came to 68%, below the state's 75%, and flats or apartments to 10%, below 12%.

On bedrooms, 41% of homes had three, above the 37% across Queensland, and 35% had four or more, below the state's 39%. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer came to 23%, above 22% statewide. On Census night, 7% of private dwellings in Ashmore were unoccupied, below the Queensland figure of 9%.

Ashmore's median weekly rent of $450, above Queensland's $365, equals 28% of the median weekly income of all its households, renters or not. That share is worked out on this page from the two medians, and across Queensland the same comparison gives 22%, so Ashmore sits above the state. Median household income was $1,581 a week, below the state's $1,675.

Renting households made up 24%, below the 33% across Queensland, and 59% of them rented from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the state's 66%. Paying off a mortgage was the arrangement for 39% of households, above 34% statewide, with a median repayment of $1,950 a month, above the state figure of $1,733. Outright owners came to 31%, above the state's 29%.

The median age in Ashmore was 43 years at the 2021 Census, above the Queensland median of 38. The suburb of Ashmore was home to 12,415 people, and households averaged 2.5 people, the same as across Queensland. In answer to one 2021 question about where they lived in 2016, 51% of people aged five and over in Ashmore gave the same address as in 2021. The Queensland share was 48%, which places Ashmore above the state.