Population and demographic mixes are changing, with construction of a 4,000 lot housing estate to be completed in late 2019.

The council building is within the planned Officer Town Centre, expected to house new retail and recreational facilities.

The most common ancestries in Officer were English 25.7%, Australian 24.6%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.9% and Indian 4.0%.

[10] The most common countries of birth outside of Australia were England 4.3%, India 4.3%, Sri Lanka 2.9%, New Zealand 1.8% and Philippines 1.0%.

[12] Officer is in the south east growth corridor, with many new schools opening in the past ten years.

Comely Banks Recreation Reserve is being built next to Bridgewood Primary School, at 125 Bridge Road, Officer.

As a newly developed area Officer also has access to the Australian NBN service which has much larger capability for increased network performances.