Springfield VIC 3434
125 addresses · 17 streets
McEwen Electorate › Macedon Ranges LGA › Springfield · 56 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Springfield is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 193 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,527 a week, with median rent near $391 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Romsey statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Springfield itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Melbourne Airport, 38.8 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 11.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 11.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.9% · Labour-force participation 66.5%
Population by age in Springfield
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 53 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Springfield
| House | 62 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Springfield
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 23 |
Top ancestries in Springfield
| Australian | 105 |
|---|---|
| English | 62 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| German | 17 |
| Italian | 16 |
Housing tenure in Springfield
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 29 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Springfield
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 23 |
Commute to work in Springfield
| Car | 57 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 35 |
Top countries of birth in Springfield
| Italy | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Springfield
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
880 bird observations recorded near Springfield — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (66)
- Australian Magpie (63)
- Grey Fantail (49)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (42)
- Little Raven (42)
- White-throated Treecreeper (42)
- Superb Fairy-wren (40)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (33)
- Laughing Kookaburra (31)
- Red Wattlebird (31)
- Striated Thornbill (31)
- White-naped Honeyeater (31)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Springfield
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (26)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (26)
- Brown Thornbill (25)
- Striated Pardalote (24)
- Galah (23)
- Australian Wood Duck (22)
- Spotted Pardalote (22)
- Rufous Whistler (21)
- White-eared Honeyeater (20)
- White-winged Chough (20)
- European Goldfinch (19)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (19)
- South-eastern Striated Thornbill (18)
- Australian Raven (17)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (16)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (16)
- Eurasian Blackbird (16)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Springfield:
- Forbes (6.4 km)
- Goldie (6.6 km)
- Romsey (8 km)
- Chintin (8.1 km)
- Willowmavin (8.7 km)
- Lancefield (9.5 km)
- Tantaraboo (9.7 km)
- Monegeetta (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Bruces Range Road (1)
- Buckleys Lane (4)
- Clements Road (6)
- Cushens Lane (1)
- Grahams Track (4)
- Joyces Road (1)
- Kilmore-lancefield Road (23)
- Knights Track (4)
- Lancefield-kilmore Road (21)
- Mcgraths Lane (1)
- Old Lancefield Kilmore Road (8)
- Pattersons Road (10)
- Romsey Road (13)
- Sheehans Lane (3)
- Springfield Road (23)
- Summerleigh Lane (1)
- Toomeys Lane (1)
