3.0% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Spring Farm · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Spring Farm
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong workforce defines Spring Farm, where 77.7% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%, creating a community where a huge majority of the adult population is active in the economy.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the national figure at 60.1%. This high level of activity is mirrored by an unemployment rate of 3.0%, which is a little below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
77.7% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 82.0%
- 2016: 78.9%
- 2021: 77.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.1% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.9%
- 2016: 73.2%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 13.8%, followed closely by construction at 12.5% and retail trade at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.9%, while technicians and trades people account for 15.0% of the local workforce.
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/sal/SAL13628/spring-farm/topic/employment