Spring Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 389 people in Spring Ridge of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Spring Ridge was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Spring Ridge aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spring Ridge was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Spring Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spring Ridge was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Spring Ridge 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 12.1% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spring Ridge were Australian 34.4%, English 31.3%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 8.9% and German 3.3%.

In Spring Ridge, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 1.8%, Greece 0.8%, Ireland 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Spring Ridge, 84.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spring Ridge were Anglican 55.5%, Catholic 14.8%, No Religion 7.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In Spring Ridge 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Greek 0.8%.

Employment

There were 210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spring Ridge. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spring Ridge, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spring Ridge was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Spring Ridge included Managers 40.5%, Labourers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9%, Professionals 4.4% and Sales Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Spring Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.7%, Road Freight Transport 6.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.9%, School Education 4.9% and Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spring Ridge was $523.

In Spring Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.6%, Walked only 16.0%, Truck 3.4%, Other 1.9% and Car, as passenger 1.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spring Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.1% 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 Ridge, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spring Ridge, 35.8% were couple families with children, 53.2% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Spring Ridge 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spring Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,213.

Employment status of couple families

In Spring Ridge, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spring Ridge, 73.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Ridge, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Spring Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Ridge, 36.7% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 32.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Spring Ridge, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 28.3% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Spring Ridge, 32.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Ridge, 23.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spring Ridge, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 45.8%) were male and 13 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Ridge, 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 $900.

In Spring Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.