Meadow Springs

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,477 people were counted in Meadow Springs: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs there were 597 children aged 0-14 years and 733 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, 2,245 people were Australian citizens, 477 were born overseas and 16 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, 64.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.1% were separated or divorced, 6.8% were widowed and 20.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, 76.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Meadow Springs were England 10.9%, Scotland 1.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, Netherlands 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Meadow Springs on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 31.8%, Catholic 22.9%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.4%, German 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3% and French 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 906 people aged 15 years and over in Meadow Springs were in the labour force. Of these 53.8% worked full-time, 35.1% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.1% were unemployed. 915 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Professionals 5.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.2%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Meadow Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4%, Metal Product Manufacturing 3.3%, Education 3.0% and Construction Trade Services 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, 734 families were counted: of these, 46.6% were couple families without children, 42.1% were couple families with children, 11.3% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, 899 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Meadow Springs, 75.1% were separate houses, 24.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, 29.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 35.2% were being purchased and 15.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 58.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Meadow Springs, 80.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.