Springfield Lakes

27.0% of Springfield Lakes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

4,721 family households lived in Springfield Lakes; 54.7% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

55.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Springfield Lakes had 17,211 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.0% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Separate houses made up 96.1% of occupied private dwellings in Springfield Lakes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

10.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

45.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.7% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Springfield Lakes had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 14.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 27.4%, while 36.9% had four or more usual residents.

15.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

60.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

3.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 33.1% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

40.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 59.7% reported a different address.

34.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

70.4% of residents used only English at home.

26.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

34.3% of Springfield Lakes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.7% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

5.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.8% of ancestry responses in Springfield Lakes.

Australian ancestry made up 28.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

22.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.5%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

46.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

68.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.4%.

Median household income was $2,184 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 15.7% in Springfield Lakes, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 10.4% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Renting accounted for 43.7% in Springfield Lakes, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.