6.2% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Algester · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Algester
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top employer in Algester, where 15.6% of workers are found in this field. While the area has a slightly higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than the national figure, the unemployment rate of 6.2% is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment has fallen by 6.2 percentage points since 2011, and the unemployment rate rose to 6.2% over the same period.
63.2% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 59.3%
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 at 15.6%, followed by retail trade at 9.2% and construction at 8.5%. Education and training (8.1%) and manufacturing (7.6%) also employ significant numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.0%, with clerical and administrative work making up 14.8% of jobs. Other large groups include technicians and trades at 13.9% and community and personal service workers at 11.9%.
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 Algester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303051072/algester/topic/employment