4.5% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carnegie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Carnegie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults in Carnegie are working or looking for work than in 2011, with that figure rising 4.6 percentage points to 69.5%. This creates a strong local workforce where full-time employment is well above the national figure. It is a high-earning professional hub where over a third of workers are professionals.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much higher than most areas. Full-time employment is also well above the national figure at 62.8%, while the unemployment rate is 4.5%, about the same as the state and national figures.
69.5% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 69.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.8% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 62.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry at 14.3%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 13.7%. Education and training (10.4%) and retail trade (9.5%) also employ a significant portion of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professionals, who make up 37.2% of all occupations. Managers (14.8%) and clerical and administrative staff (12.6%) are the next most common roles, followed by community and personal service workers at 9.0%.
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 Carnegie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021176/carnegie/topic/employment