Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 354 people in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.2% of the population.

Of people in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) were Australian 37.8%, English 24.5%, Irish 16.5%, Scottish 8.4% and German 4.4%.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 89.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Malaysia 2.0%, New Zealand 1.4% and England 0.8%.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 83.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 13.7%, No Religion 9.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tamil 2.2%.

Employment

There were 196 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld). Of these 69.4% were employed full time, 19.9% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 60 years.

The most common occupations in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) included Managers 43.4%, Professionals 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Labourers 9.0%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.4%, School Education 5.8%, Hospitals 5.8%, Other Livestock Farming 4.7% and Dairy Cattle Farming 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) was $382.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.9%, Walked only 9.5%, Other 5.3%, Car, as passenger 4.8% and Truck 1.6%. 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 48.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.9% 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 Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 42.2% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld) 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,333 and those without children was $875.

Employment status of couple families

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), of couple families with children, 35.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 97.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 44.0% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), of all households, 75.0% were family households, 22.1% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 37.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 67 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 Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Spring Creek (Toowoomba - Qld), 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.