Springfield is a suburb of

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompa ...

in the

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of New Zealand's

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

Demographics

Springfield covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Springfield had a population of 3,780 at the

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, 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, comprising 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/

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, 20.6%

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, 2.5% Pacific peoples, 10.9% Asian, and 2.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 24.0, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.2% had no religion, 37.2% were

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, 0.8% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.9% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 0.8% were

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and 2.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 798 (26.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 420 (13.7%) people had no formal qualifications. 606 people (19.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. 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.

Education

Otonga Road School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of as of .

References

{{Rotorua District Suburbs of Rotorua Populated places in the Bay of Plenty Region