4.6% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
A gap of nearly 5 percentage points separates the employment rate in Spence from the national average. While more adults here work or look for work than in most similar areas, the local figures remain well below the territory average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian figure but well below the ACT. Full-time employment is also higher than most areas at 61.9%, though the unemployment rate of 4.6% is about the same as the national level.
65.8% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.8%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.9% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry for local workers at 25.2%. Other significant sectors include health care and social assistance at 12.5%, and education and training at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.9%. This is followed by clerical and administrative roles at 16.9% and managers at 15.8%.
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/SAL80118/spence/topic/employment