3.4% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Redhead · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Redhead
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 Redhead, where 19.2% of the workforce is employed in that sector. While the area has a very low unemployment rate of 3.4%, fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has also fallen since 2011 to 54.3%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
54.4% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (19.2%), followed by construction at 11.7% and education and training at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.3%, with technicians and trades (14.1%) and managers (13.4%) also representing significant portions 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 Redhead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111011211/redhead/topic/employment