3.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Springmount · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong employment rate defines daily life in Springmount, where 70% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, with a high number of people holding stable, full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 64.3%, which is well above the Victorian average of 59.2%. The unemployment rate is 3.1%, a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
3.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
70.0% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the most common being health care and social assistance at 14.3% and professional and technical services at 13.3%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.5%, followed by managers who make up 19.4% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Springmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22327/springmount/topic/employment