3.5% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Spring Hill · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than usual proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Spring Hill, though few of them hold full-time roles. While 66.1% of adults are in the labour force, the area has a much lower rate of full-time employment than most other places.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 5.0%. However, full-time employment sits at 52.9%, well below the national average of 58.9%.
3.5% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
66.1% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are professional and technical services at 11.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are employed as managers or professionals, who together make up 47.1% of all occupations in the area.
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/SAL22321/spring-hill/topic/employment