Spring Farm

28.9% of Spring Farm's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2,825 family households lived in Spring Farm; 55.4% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

56.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Spring Farm had 9,868 residents at the 2021 Census.

40.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.5% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 94.0% of occupied private dwellings in Spring Farm.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

10.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

62.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.3% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Spring Farm had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 11.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 29.3%, while 36.5% had four or more usual residents.

25.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

50.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 25.0% of the total.

74.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

30.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 70.0% reported a different address.

17.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

82.0% of residents used only English at home.

15.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

17.0% of Spring Farm's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.0% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.2% of ancestry responses in Spring Farm.

Australian ancestry made up 39.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

18.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 77.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

45.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

68.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 4.5% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.2%.

Median household income was $2,403 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $510 per week.

Working from home was 25.8% in Spring Farm, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 10.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 26.3% in Spring Farm, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.