4.4% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Spotswood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Spotswood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
About 33.3% of workers in Spotswood are professionals, making it the most common job type in the area. This high level of professional work is reflected in the workforce, where 73.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is strong here, with 66% of people working full-time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 59.2%. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, about the same as the rest of Australia.
73.3% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.2%
- 2016: 70.5%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.0% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 66.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12.4%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.3% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond professionals, nearly one in five people (19.7%) work as managers. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 12.4% and technicians and trades at 9.9%.
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 Spotswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22319/spotswood/topic/employment