Spring Hill (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,259 people in Spring Hill (Qld) of these 56.0% were male and 44.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Spring Hill (Qld) was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Spring Hill (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 25.4% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spring Hill (Qld) was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Spring Hill (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 24.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spring Hill (Qld) was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Spring Hill (Qld) 38.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 5.5% were in primary school, 9.4% in secondary school and 36.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spring Hill (Qld) were English 19.6%, Australian 14.2%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 6.1% and Chinese 5.2%.

In Spring Hill (Qld), 43.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Korea, Republic of (South) 3.9%, India 3.8%, New Zealand 3.6%, England 3.5% and Colombia 2.1%.

In Spring Hill (Qld), 36.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spring Hill (Qld) were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 22.9%, Anglican 8.4%, Hinduism 3.7% and Buddhism 3.1%.

In Spring Hill (Qld) 56.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 3.3%, Korean 3.3%, Mandarin 3.3%, Portuguese 1.7% and Cantonese 1.7%.

Employment

There were 3,149 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spring Hill (Qld). Of these 65.0% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spring Hill (Qld), 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spring Hill (Qld) was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Spring Hill (Qld) included Professionals 37.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Managers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Labourers 8.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Spring Hill (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.5%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.5% and Hospitals 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spring Hill (Qld) was $782.

In Spring Hill (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 43.7%, Car, as driver 24.5%, Bus 5.9%, Train 4.1% and Car, as passenger 3.2%. On the day, 12.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 27.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spring Hill (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.6% provided care for children and 5.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.1% 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 Hill (Qld), 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spring Hill (Qld), 25.4% were couple families with children, 60.0% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Spring Hill (Qld) 13.3% of single parents were male and 86.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spring Hill (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,297 and those without children was $2,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Spring Hill (Qld), of couple families with children, 38.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 13.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spring Hill (Qld), 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Hill (Qld), 15.8% were separate houses, 10.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 73.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Spring Hill (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 25.7% had 1 bedroom, 39.4% had 2 bedrooms and 19.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Hill (Qld), 11.6% were owned outright, 18.1% were owned with a mortgage and 67.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Spring Hill (Qld), of all households, 45.1% were family households, 37.5% were single person households and 17.4% were group households.

In Spring Hill (Qld), 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.5% 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 Spring Hill (Qld), 46.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spring Hill (Qld), there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 58.3%) were male and 25 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Hill (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Spring Hill (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,253.