Springfield, Bay of Plenty

Springfield is a suburb of Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Springfield
Suburb
Country	New Zealand
Local authority	Rotorua Lakes
Electoral ward	South
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	3,780

Pomare	Hillcrest	Glenholme
Matipo Heights	Springfield	Whakarewarewa
		Tihiotonga

Springfield Golf Club started in 1947 and developed the course in Springfield from 1948.[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	3,702	—
2013	3,549	−0.60%
2018	3,780	+1.27%
Source: [1]

Springfield, comprising the statistical areas of Springfield South and Springfield North, had a population of 3,780 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 231 people (6.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 78 people (2.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,323 households. There were 1,797 males and 1,980 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.91 males per female, with 714 people (18.9%) aged under 15 years, 573 (15.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,680 (44.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 810 (21.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 78.8% European/Pākehā, 20.6% Māori, 2.5% Pacific peoples, 10.9% Asian, and 2.1% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 24.0%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 50.2% had no religion, 37.2% were Christian, 1.9% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 0.8% were Buddhist and 2.9% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 798 (26.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 420 (13.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,491 (48.6%) people were employed full-time, 471 (15.4%) were part-time, and 93 (3.0%) were unemployed.[1]

Individual statistical areas

Name	Population	Median age	Median income
Springfield South	1,995	42.8 years	$40,000[3]
Springfield North	1,785	45.9 years	$28,900[4]
New Zealand		37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Otonga Road School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[5][6] with a roll of 517 as of March 2020.[7]

References

1. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Springfield South (200600) and Springfield North (200700).
2. "Club History". Springfield Golf Club. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
3. 2018 Census place summary: Springfield South
4. 2018 Census place summary: Springfield North
5. "Official School Website". otonga.school.nz.
6. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
7. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.