5.4% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gloucester · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Gloucester
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Gloucester compared to most similar areas. Only 46.3% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011. This creates a local job market where full-time employment is notably lower than the national trend.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are far below the New South Wales and national figures. Full-time employment has fallen to 52.3%, while the unemployment rate has remained steady at 5.4% since 2011.
46.3% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer here, making up 16.1% of jobs. Health care and social assistance follows at 12.5%, with construction and retail trade also featuring strongly.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job type at 18.2%. Labourers and technicians or tradespeople also make up a large part of the workforce, at 14.4% and 14.0% 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 Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051167/gloucester/topic/employment