0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Springfield
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well above the national average, 66.3% of adults in Springfield are working or looking for work. This creates a strong employment profile for the area, highlighted by an unemployment rate of 0.0% which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. Around 58.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, a result that is about the same as the state and national averages.
66.3% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 66.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here at 12.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.1% and education and training at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are managers, making it the most common occupation at 25.7%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative workers at 18.3% and professionals at 12.8%.
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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22325/springfield/topic/employment