8.7% ▲ +97.9%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Springbrook · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Springbrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction, health care, and hospitality are the top industries in Springbrook, each employing about 17% of the local workforce. The area faces some job challenges, with a typical worker more likely to be unemployed than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While this figure rose 9.1 points since 2011, the unemployment rate has also climbed to 8.7%, a level well above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
51.9% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.1% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Springbrook is spread across several sectors, with construction, health care and social assistance, and accommodation and food all tied for the lead at 17.9% or 17.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 25.6%, followed by professionals at 16.2% and managers at 12.8%.
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 Springbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322112/springbrook/topic/employment