Spring Terrace

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 280 people in Spring Terrace of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Spring Terrace was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

Of people in Spring Terrace aged 15 years and over, 68.1% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spring Terrace was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Spring Terrace, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spring Terrace was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 58 years.

In Spring Terrace 23.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spring Terrace were English 32.8%, Australian 31.5%, Scottish 10.8%, Irish 9.2% and Dutch 2.6%.

In Spring Terrace, 90.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, Canada 1.1%, India 1.1%, Iraq 1.1% and Netherlands 1.1%.

In Spring Terrace, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spring Terrace were Anglican 34.0%, Catholic 22.7%, No Religion 13.1%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Spring Terrace 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Arabic 1.1%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spring Terrace. Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spring Terrace, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spring Terrace was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Spring Terrace included Managers 27.1%, Professionals 19.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%, Labourers 6.2% and Sales Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Spring Terrace, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.7%, Hospitals 7.6%, Metal Ore Mining 6.2%, Tertiary Education 4.8% and Residential Care Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spring Terrace was $608.

In Spring Terrace, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Walked only 3.4%, Truck 2.8%, Car, as passenger 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 2.1%. 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 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spring Terrace, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.6% 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 Terrace, 20.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 23.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spring Terrace, 50.0% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 3.7% were one parent families.

In Spring Terrace 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spring Terrace, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Spring Terrace, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spring Terrace, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Terrace, 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 Spring Terrace, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.7% 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 Spring Terrace, 46.9% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Spring Terrace, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Spring Terrace, 19.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Terrace, 13.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spring Terrace, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 72.7%) were male and 3 (or 27.3%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Terrace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Spring Terrace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.