Springfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,618 people in Springfield of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Springfield was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.6% of the population.

Of people in Springfield aged 15 years and over, 49.9% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Springfield was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Springfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Springfield was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Springfield 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.8% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Springfield were English 26.2%, Australian 25.3%, Scottish 6.2%, Irish 5.6% and German 3.8%.

In Springfield, 67.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 10.0%, England 4.0%, Samoa 1.3%, India 1.3% and Philippines 1.2%.

In Springfield, 47.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Springfield were No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 22.5%, Anglican 16.1%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Springfield 81.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 3.0%, Vietnamese 1.8%, Spanish 1.2%, Hindi 1.1% and Lao 0.7%.

Employment

There were 3,544 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Springfield. Of these 67.7% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Springfield, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Springfield was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Springfield included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Professionals 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Managers 10.0%, Labourers 10.0% and Sales Workers 9.8%.

Of the employed people in Springfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.1%, School Education 3.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Springfield was $749.

In Springfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Train 2.6%, Train, car as driver 2.3% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Springfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.5% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Springfield, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Springfield, 55.1% were couple families with children, 25.5% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Springfield 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Springfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,171 and those without children was $2,134.

Employment status of couple families

In Springfield, of couple families with children, 35.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Springfield, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Springfield, 92.9% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Springfield, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 1.1% had 2 bedrooms and 32.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Springfield, 9.7% were owned outright, 50.5% were owned with a mortgage and 38.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Springfield, of all households, 86.2% were family households, 10.2% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Springfield, 8.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Springfield, 28.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Springfield, there were 186 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 88 (or 47.3%) were male and 98 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 16 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Springfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,826.

In Springfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $345 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,492.