12.8% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Spring Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Spring Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Spring Hill, where 22.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. This is a place where more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, though unemployment is notably high.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is 12.8%, well above the New South Wales rate of 4.9%, and full-time employment is far below the state and national figures.
64.4% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.4% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, many residents work in manufacturing (17.8%) and professional or technical fields (13.3%). Other common industries include various other services (11.1%) and electricity, gas, and water (8.9%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.9%. Other common roles include technicians and trades people at 13.3%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 11.1%.
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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13632/spring-hill/topic/employment