3.7% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Redlynch · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Redlynch
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five people in Redlynch work in health care and social assistance, making it the most common industry for the area. This is a highly active community where a far greater proportion of adults are working or looking for work than in the rest of Australia. The local unemployment rate is also much lower than in most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 71.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. While the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 3.7%, the share of people in full-time work fell from 63.1% in 2011 to 59.0% in 2021.
71.4% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 74.6%
- 2016: 70.8%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.0% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers are in health care and social assistance (19.2%) and education and training (10.6%). Other common industries include retail trade at 9.1%, followed by public administration and safety and construction.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 25.1% of the local workforce. Other frequent occupations include technicians and trades at 14.6% and community and personal service workers at 13.7%.
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 Redlynch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306011141/redlynch/topic/employment