Three Springs (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 391 people in Three Springs (L) of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Three Springs (L) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Three Springs (L) aged 15 years and over, 41.2% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Three Springs (L) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Three Springs (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 42.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Three Springs (L) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Three Springs (L) 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 3.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Three Springs (L) were English 34.0%, Australian 30.5%, Scottish 5.9%, Irish 5.5% and Dutch 1.8%.

In Three Springs (L), 72.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, New Zealand 5.4%, India 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and South Africa 1.0%.

In Three Springs (L), 63.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Three Springs (L) were Anglican 27.9%, No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 20.6%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Three Springs (L) 83.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maori (New Zealand) 3.1%, Afrikaans 2.0% and Mandarin 1.5%.

Employment

There were 168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Three Springs (L). Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 11.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Three Springs (L), 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Three Springs (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Three Springs (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.9%, Managers 13.5%, Labourers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Professionals 5.4% and Sales Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Three Springs (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 12.0%, Accommodation 8.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.0%, Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 4.7% and Electricity Distribution 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Three Springs (L) was $533.

In Three Springs (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Walked only 15.4%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Other 3.4% and Truck 2.0%. 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 64.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Three Springs (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.9% 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 Three Springs (L), 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Three Springs (L), 28.7% were couple families with children, 53.2% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Three Springs (L) 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Three Springs (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Three Springs (L), of couple families with children, 14.1% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% 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 Three Springs (L), 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Three Springs (L), 93.3% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Three Springs (L), of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Three Springs (L), 43.6% were owned outright, 17.2% were owned with a mortgage and 35.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Three Springs (L), of all households, 58.5% were family households, 39.0% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Three Springs (L), 35.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Three Springs (L), 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Three Springs (L), there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 32.4%) were male and 25 (or 67.6%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Three Springs (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $269.

In Three Springs (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $105 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $598.