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

Suburb of Rotorua Lakes in New Zealand

Springfield
Suburb of Rotorua Lakes
Country	New Zealand
City	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

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]

Education

Otonga Road School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[5][6] with a roll of 505 as of July 2022.[7]

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