Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.)

18.7% of Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

53 family households lived in Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.); 56.6% were couple families and 13.2% were one-parent families.

26.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.) had 193 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 93.9% of occupied private dwellings in Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

40.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

45.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

The average household in Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.) had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 43.5%, while 30.6% had four or more usual residents.

32.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

48.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

One-car households formed 8.3% of the total.

93.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.7% reported a different address.

5.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.2% of Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.1% of ancestry responses in Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.).

Australian ancestry made up 54.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 25.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 2.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.5%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.9%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

58.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 6.7% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.1%.

Median household income was $2,527 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $391 per week.

Working from home was 32.1% in Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.), compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 40.6% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 14.1% in Springfield (Macedon Ranges - Vic.), against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.