Big Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 572 people in Big Springs of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Big Springs was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Big Springs aged 15 years and over, 69.8% were married and 5.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Big Springs was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Big Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Big Springs was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Big Springs 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.7% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Big Springs were Australian 35.6%, English 31.8%, Irish 11.4%, Scottish 10.7% and German 3.2%.

In Big Springs, 92.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 0.9%, Scotland 0.9%, Malta 0.5% and Switzerland 0.5%.

In Big Springs, 91.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Big Springs were Catholic 29.5%, Anglican 27.4%, No Religion 11.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 11.2% and Uniting Church 8.2%.

In Big Springs 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 325 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Big Springs. Of these 66.8% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Big Springs, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Big Springs was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Big Springs included Managers 40.9%, Professionals 15.0%, Labourers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Sales Workers 6.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Big Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 35.8%, School Education 4.4%, Building Installation Services 2.8%, Road Freight Transport 2.2% and Residential Building Construction 1.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Big Springs was $610.

In Big Springs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.6%, Walked only 4.4%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Other 2.5% and Truck 1.9%. 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 56.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Big Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.5% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.3% 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 Big Springs, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Big Springs, 56.0% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 3.8% were one parent families.

In Big Springs 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Big Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,116 and those without children was $1,549.

Employment status of couple families

In Big Springs, of couple families with children, 29.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Big Springs, 86.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Big Springs, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Big Springs, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 37.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Big Springs, 47.2% were owned outright, 29.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Big Springs, of all households, 80.7% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Big Springs, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Big Springs, 14.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Big Springs, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Big Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Big Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.