Springfield Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,149 people in Springfield Lakes of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Springfield Lakes was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.5% of the population.

Of people in Springfield Lakes aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Springfield Lakes was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Springfield Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Springfield Lakes was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Springfield Lakes 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.1% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Springfield Lakes were English 26.1%, Australian 23.9%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 6.1% and German 3.5%.

In Springfield Lakes, 63.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.3%, England 5.3%, India 1.7%, Philippines 1.6% and Vietnam 1.6%.

In Springfield Lakes, 43.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Springfield Lakes were No Religion 25.4%, Catholic 23.2%, Anglican 15.3%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Springfield Lakes 79.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 2.7%, Spanish 1.2%, Hindi 1.1%, Samoan 0.9% and Lao 0.8%.

Employment

There were 5,723 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Springfield Lakes. Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 19.5% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Springfield Lakes, 7.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Springfield Lakes was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Springfield Lakes included Professionals 20.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Managers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Springfield Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.7%, Defence 4.0%, School Education 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Springfield Lakes was $858.

In Springfield Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train, car as driver 3.7%, Train 2.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 9.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Springfield Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 43.8% provided care for children and 7.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Springfield Lakes, 31.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Springfield Lakes, 52.4% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Springfield Lakes 14.4% of single parents were male and 85.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Springfield Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,248 and those without children was $2,183.

Employment status of couple families

In Springfield Lakes, of couple families with children, 36.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Springfield Lakes, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Springfield Lakes, 96.7% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Springfield Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 0.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.3% had 2 bedrooms and 33.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Springfield Lakes, 7.2% were owned outright, 46.2% were owned with a mortgage and 45.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Springfield Lakes, of all households, 83.9% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Springfield Lakes, 7.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Springfield Lakes, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Springfield Lakes, there were 165 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64 (or 38.8%) were male and 101 (or 61.2%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Springfield Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Springfield Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.