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+).
Spence · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Spence
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is the norm for most adults in Spence, where 86.7% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This creates a highly active local economy with a workforce that is far more engaged than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 68.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This high participation is matched by a 0.0% unemployment rate, which is well below both the state and national levels.
68.2% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 92.5%
- 2021: 68.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
86.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 86.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by one sector, with 83.3% of the workforce employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most people in the area hold leadership roles, with 70.0% of workers employed as managers. Other roles are less common, with 20.0% in clerical and administrative work and 10.0% as labourers.
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 Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41360/spence/topic/employment