Springfield WA 6525
124 addresses · 15 streets
Durack Electorate › Irwin LGA › Springfield · 310 km from Perth
Living Here
Springfield is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 276 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Irwin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Springfield itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 beach
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Dongara Airport, 3.2 km south-west.
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: 15% 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 | 15.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 42.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 56.3%
Population by age in Springfield
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 48 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 33 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 62 |
| 65-74 | 30 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Springfield
| House | 84 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Springfield
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Springfield
| Australian | 134 |
|---|---|
| English | 111 |
| Ancestry NS | 36 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Aboriginal | 11 |
Housing tenure in Springfield
| Owned | 42 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Springfield
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 31 |
| 3 | 29 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Springfield
| Car | 91 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Springfield
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 |
Languages used at home in Springfield
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,718 bird observations recorded near Springfield — most often seen:
- Pied Cormorant (222)
- Pacific Black Duck (193)
- Silver Gull (184)
- Welcome Swallow (177)
- Magpie-lark (170)
- Pacific Gull (170)
- Little Pied Cormorant (162)
- Little Black Cormorant (160)
- Great Egret (156)
- Singing Honeyeater (156)
- Australian Pelican (135)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (128)
- Willie Wagtail (127)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Springfield
- Australasian Darter (124)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (122)
- White-faced Heron (120)
- Southern Magpie-lark (110)
- Mistletoebird (105)
- Western Welcome Swallow (105)
- Nankeen Kestrel (98)
- Black Swan (89)
- Western Silvereye (87)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (86)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (86)
- Western Australian Raven (86)
- Silvereye (79)
- Western Galah (78)
- Giinbaywarraymal (74)
- South-western Grey Currawong (65)
- Australian Raven (64)
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:
- Port Denison (2.9 km)
- Dongara (4.2 km)
- Yardarino (5.1 km)
- Bonniefield (8.4 km)
- Mount Adams (11.6 km)
- Irwin (13.4 km)
- Bookara (17.6 km)
- Milo (21.6 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Road (12)
- Blenheim Road (4)
- Bottlebrush Cove (3)
- Honey Myrtle Close (5)
- Illyarrie Road (4)
- Ironbark Way (3)
- Kailis Drive (1)
- Mallee Road (5)
- Powder Bark Loop (2)
- Quondong Road (7)
- River Gum Way (1)
- Sheoak Road (9)
- Springfield Drive (51)
- St Dominics Road (14)
- Tuart Glen (3)
