Spring Farm (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,189 people in Spring Farm (NSW) of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Spring Farm (NSW) was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.3% of the population.

Of people in Spring Farm (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spring Farm (NSW) was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Spring Farm (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spring Farm (NSW) was 35 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Spring Farm (NSW) 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spring Farm (NSW) were Australian 30.0%, English 25.1%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 4.8% and Italian 4.6%.

In Spring Farm (NSW), 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 3.0%, South Africa 1.0%, Fiji 0.8% and India 0.8%.

In Spring Farm (NSW), 56.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spring Farm (NSW) were Catholic 35.7%, Anglican 24.5%, No Religion 15.1%, Buddhism 2.2% and Islam 2.2%.

In Spring Farm (NSW) 84.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Spanish 1.0%, Thai 1.0% and Hindi 0.8%.

Employment

There were 756 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spring Farm (NSW). Of these 73.0% were employed full time, 17.3% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spring Farm (NSW), 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spring Farm (NSW) was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Spring Farm (NSW) included Professionals 20.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6% and Labourers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Spring Farm (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Hospitals 5.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.4% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spring Farm (NSW) was $908.

In Spring Farm (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.9%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train, car as driver 3.3%, Train 2.7% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spring Farm (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 83.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.2% provided care for children and 6.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.8% 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 Spring Farm (NSW), 38.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spring Farm (NSW), 43.6% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Spring Farm (NSW) 12.5% of single parents were male and 87.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spring Farm (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,310 and those without children was $2,254.

Employment status of couple families

In Spring Farm (NSW), of couple families with children, 43.8% had both partners employed full-time, 1.0% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spring Farm (NSW), 84.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Farm (NSW), 89.6% were separate houses, 10.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Spring Farm (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 2.1% had 2 bedrooms and 39.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Farm (NSW), 7.5% were owned outright, 73.3% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Spring Farm (NSW), of all households, 80.8% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Spring Farm (NSW), 4.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Spring Farm (NSW), 24.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 56.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spring Farm (NSW), there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 55.9%) were male and 15 (or 44.1%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Spring Farm (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Spring Farm (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $570 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,936.