3.6% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Spring Hill · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Spring Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Spring Hill (L), where 19.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a strong employment record, with a low unemployment rate of 3.6% and a significant rise in adults working or looking for work since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work has jumped 15 points to 60.9% since 2011. Full-time employment rose 6.2 points to 56.2% over that decade, and the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.6%.
60.9% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 60.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance (19.7%) and retail trade (16.1%) are the most common industries. Other notable sectors include construction at 10.9%, education and training at 8.0%, and mining at 7.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split evenly across several roles, with technicians and trades and community service workers each making up 14.6%. Professionals, sales workers, and labourers each account for 12.4% of the local workforce.
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 Spring Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122121/spring-hill/topic/employment