Springfield Lakes, QLD 4300 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Springfield Lakes gained 3,771 residents from internal migration and 512 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 3,351 people moved away — a net addition of 932 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Springfield Lakes against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Springfield Lakes population grew from 16,037 in 2016 to 29,522 in 2025, a change of 84.1% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Springfield Lakes | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 16,037 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 17,291 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 18,796 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 20,943 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 22,678 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 24,040 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 25,871 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 27,034 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 28,200 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 29,522 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Springfield Lakes SA2, OpenStreetMap records 6 schools, 5 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 hospital, 3 supermarkets and 66 parks. For families: 36 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 10 cafés, 16 restaurants and 3 pubs and bars. Staying active: 2 gyms, 1 public pool and 57 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 7 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Springfield Central, is about 1,250 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 70 bus stops here.
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- St Peters Lutheran College
- Springfield Central State High
- Springfield Central State School
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
- Spring Mountain State School
- Springfield Lakes State School
- Kindy Patch 1
- Kindy Patch 2
- Early Learning Centre
- The Lakes Early Learning Centre
- OMG Fitness
- Anytime Fitness
- Orion Lagoon
- Event Cinemas
- Orion Springfield Central
- Timezone
- Orion Springfield Central
- Target
- Orion Springfield Central
- Big W
- Orion Springfield Central
- Mater Private Hospital Springfield
- Woolworths
- Coles
- Aldi
- Robelle Domain
- Shearwater Park
- Mountain Park
- Tim Apelt Partk
- Creekside Park
- Lakes Entrance Park
- Discovery Lake Walk
- Springfield Central Parklands
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.