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+).
Black Springs · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than half of the workforce in Black Springs is employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. This is a hardworking area where 80.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this high activity, full-time employment is quite low at 33.3%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A very high 80.5% of adults are working or looking for work, far exceeding South Australia's 60.0%. Unemployment is well below the state and national figures, sitting at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
80.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
33.3% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 54.5% of the workforce, while manufacturing accounts for 9.1%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 36.4%, followed by professionals at 18.2% and clerical and administrative roles at 15.2%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Black Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40115/black-springs/topic/employment