2.9% —
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Spring Farm · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Spring Farm
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Spring Farm, where 13.7% of workers are in this field. The area is marked by a very high number of people working or looking for work, with an unemployment rate of just 2.9% which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is far more common here than in the rest of the state, at 77.9%. Full-time employment is also a little above the national figure, with 60.1% of the workforce in full-time roles.
77.9% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.1% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, a large portion of the workforce is employed in construction (12.4%) and retail trade (10.2%). Education and training also make up a significant slice of local industry at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals are the most common occupation group at 18.9%. This is followed by technicians and tradespeople at 15%, and clerical or administrative workers at 14.8%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Spring Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/123011702/spring-farm/topic/employment