0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Orange Springs · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture and forestry employ 69% of workers in Orange Springs, making it the dominant industry for the local workforce. This is a place where almost every adult is working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate is a remarkable 0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A huge 96.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the state average at 51.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
96.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.7% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Most people here work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, with 69% of the workforce in this sector. Manufacturing accounts for another 13.8% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up 51.7% of the local workforce, followed by managers at 34.5% and clerical or administrative roles at 17.2%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Orange Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51186/orange-springs/topic/employment