5.9% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sprent · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sprent
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Sprent than in most similar areas. While a high proportion of the population is active in the workforce, the typical resident is much less likely to have a full-time job compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is far below the Australian average at 47.7%, and the 5.9% unemployment rate is much higher than in most similar areas.
64.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Sprent is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 21.6%, followed closely by retail trade at 20.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 23.9%, while labourers and technicians or trades workers make up 17% and 14.8% of the workforce respectively.
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 Sprent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60627/sprent/topic/employment